ALS International: Written and Spoken Arabic, haettu 29.8.2008 ”In addition to Arabic, an example of diglossia can be found in the co-existence of written Latin with the spoken Romance languages of French, Italian, and Spanish. While Modern Standard Arabic is the definitive form of written Arabic there are many spoken Arabic dialects. Modern Standard Arabic provides a universal form of the language that can be understood by all and is commonly used in radio and TV news broadcasts, films, plays, poetry, and conversation between Arabic-speaking people of different dialects”.
VTrain: Language vs. Dialect, haettu 29.8.2008 (Arkistoitu – Internet Archive) ”While formal written Chinese can be considered one language, when it comes to colloquial written Chinese or spoken Chinese, 'dialects' such as Mandarin and Cantonese are actually different languages. Even further, Mandarin is again a generic term for dialects that are, in part, mutually inintelligible.”
vatican.va Opus Fundatum Latinitas. Viitattu 3.3.2012.
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VTrain: Language vs. Dialect, haettu 29.8.2008 (Arkistoitu – Internet Archive) ”While formal written Chinese can be considered one language, when it comes to colloquial written Chinese or spoken Chinese, 'dialects' such as Mandarin and Cantonese are actually different languages. Even further, Mandarin is again a generic term for dialects that are, in part, mutually inintelligible.”
