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Of ‘standard' languages and ‘impure' dialects

Why a certain variant of the language came to be regarded as the 'standard' and why its variants were demoted to 'dialect' status is a product of history and politics

6 min read16 Sep 2017
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Turkish military enters Syria to evacuate soldiers, relocate tomb

The operation was the first such incursion by Turkish troops into Syria since the start of the civil war there nearly four years ago

3 min read22 Feb 2015