„After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language?“
— Russell Hoban American British novelist, children's writer and illustrator 1925 - 2011
„Cases where several nations speak the same language are treated in linguistics as pluricentric languages.“
— Snježana Kordić, (in German)
Original
Fälle, in denen mehrere Nationen eine Sprache sprechen, werden in der Sprachwissenschaft als plurizentrische Sprachen behandelt.
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