Hi Ingo, I do sincerely understand your concerns. While it may be wrong to refer to Yoruba and Afrikaans as dialects, it is in fact not a racist remark. Of course, Yoruba and Afrikaans are languages. There are different versions of Yoruba language. For example, we have Ijebu, Ondo, Oyo versions of Yoruba language. All of these versions may be referred to as dialects. In fact, Ondo people alone speaks about 10 different versions of Yoruba language. Owo, Akure, Ikare-Akoko, Oka, Ajowa, Auga, Ifon, Ose, Ikaraun are different versions of Yoruba languages spoken by Ondo people. These are dialects. So, you are correct that Yoruba and Afrikaans are not dialects but I think we should see its usage in that publication from a political perspective rather than outright racist remarks.
Best, Isaac Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile. -----Original Message----- From: Ingo Koll <[email protected]> Sender: "African-Wikimedians" <[email protected]>Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 03:01:54 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 9, Issue 47 _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians
