From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Santosh Helekar --- On Mon, 6/20/11, Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão <[email protected]> wrote: >COMMENTS: There cannot be dialect and styles of the English language. >There >can be only corrupted or rather spurious versions by different >people or >nations with inclusions of words from local languages.
<<There are nearly 200 dialects of the English language around the world. There are at least 35 dialects of English in the United Kingdom alone. Oxford English has many words borrowed or derived from several foreign languages in it, including Hindi, Marathi, Urdu, Tamil, Bengali, and of course, Sanskrit. **There are dialects in all languages due to local differences of spoken language. But there is also literary, standard language which is being used in writing. For example, in Germany there are more than 48 dialects, but for the public writing and liturgy standard German (Hochdeutsch) is used. Likewise, there are dialects of Konkani, but writers should come into consensus for a "promann, ekrupi Konknni". This will be a reality... Regards. Fr.Ivo
