News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral. Parent comment

Re:How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into ... by zozbot234 on Sunday October 26, 2025 @06:58AM (#45710744)
Scots is somewhat partially intelligible in written form to English speakers, but that does not make it the same language as English. You might as well say that Spanish and Portuguese are the same language.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into ... by debtta on Sunday October 26, 2025 @07:37PM (#45716003)
You might as well say that US English and Canadian English are different languages.

Geordie English is closer to Edinburgh 'Scots' than to RP English or US English or Indian English. Is it a dialect of Scots?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into ... by zozbot234 on Monday October 27, 2025 @04:42AM (#45718618)
There's also a smooth language continuum between Spanish and Portuguese, with varieties like Galego. This doesn't make them the same language. Historically the language continuum encompassed most of Europe, but people at the extremes would've had no expectation of understanding each other's language.
[ Parent | on HN ]