On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 7:54 AM, Meera <[email protected]> wrote: > Which are the languages which have a huge disconnect between written and > spoken versions? Like Tamil/thamizh... > And why do such languages evolve like that? >
The wikipedia article on Diglossia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diglossia> is a good starting place. Thaths -- Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? Carl: Nuthin'. Homer: D'oh! Carl: Unless you're crooked. Homer: Woo-hoo!
