On 31 Jan 2018, at 21:48, Amir E. Aharoni <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > If we reject Montenegrin, but support Western Armenian, we'll have to >> > explain it. >> >> Absolutely we do not have to do this. > > Let me rephrase this: People will likely raise questions about it, and it > would be nice if we had a good reply. The linguistic differences between the Eastern Armenian language and the Western Armenian language are well-attested and obvious. This is unrelated to any determination that might be made about other languages. > I am nowhere near being an expert in Armenian languages. Knowing Russian > doesn't make me an expert in South Slavic languages either, which is why I > try to be careful and reserved in my judgment about Montenegrin. > > The document about Armenian that Michael attached seems convincing to me. If > a similar document is provided about Montenegrin, we may consider approving > it. I couldn't find anything nearly as convincing in the long discussions > about Montenegrin. Because its a variety of Serbian? M _______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom
