Pronunciation of Family Name

Well, they can afford a Navy, they just don't need one - both have an Air Force - perhaps Chomsky needs to reevaluate his light-heaarted definition :wink:

 

From strictly linguistic point of view Czech and Slovak are dialects of one language, because the distance between Standard Czech and Standard Slovak is comparable to the distance between two distant Czech dialects. If a Czech understands all Czech dialects, he MUST be able understand Slovak (at least in the standard version).

It is an insignificant argument. The same children (not understanding Slovak) probably cannot understand the Czech dialects, which they are not familiar with.

 

I don't agree, until our children do understand the Czech language :wink: they would always understanding Slovak as well.

 

It always depends on the age and especially on the motivation.

 

Well... as the "language" is not a pretheoretic notion, it all depends on given definition (which is purely conventional) and there are too many incogruities in the world to class it unambiguously according to its supposed "closeness". Let's consider it two different languages as they have both their codifications and institutes for reglementation.

 

It was not said as argument for saying there were two languages.
It was merely a sigh
To be able to make a decision we would first need an exact definition, when the difference between dialects is so large that we can say "it's a different language". Otherwise it is only a political desision. 8) 8)

 

Don't be so optimistic.

I know people asserting they never uderstood slovak 8)

 

.... is it a political desision?

 

No, this is a political decision:

... Slovenský národ je čiastka i rečové i kultúrno-historicky jednotného česko-slovenského národa... (Martinská deklarácia, 1918)

 

This (is a political decision) too:

460/1992 Zb.
ÚSTAVA SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKY z 1. septembra 1992

Čl.6
(1) Na území Slovenskej republiky je štátnym jazykom slovenský jazyk.
(2) Používanie iných jazykov než štátneho jazyka v úradnom styku ustanoví zákon.

 

Thanks, You have already confirmed what I wanted to say. :wink: :wink:

 

forgive my poor czech/slovak - I think that the above says that Slovak is the official state language of Slovakia - yes?

Also, I notice "Septembra" - what are the month names in Slovak?

 

Yes, it is from the Slovak Constitution from 1992.

But the Martin Declaration from 1918 says that the Slovak nation is one part of the Czech-Slovak nation which is integral (unific) both linguistically and culturally-historically.

An interesting shift.

The month names in Slovak are from Latin.

 

Január
Február
Marec
Apríl
Máj
Jún
Júl
August
September
Október
November
December

 

Thanks (still like Czech names better)