Criteria for languages?

[Michael Everson]

On 23 Nov 2009, at 05:12, Mark Davis ☕ wrote:

> The issue I have is consistency. It appears that a different choice  
> is being taken with regard to Walliserdeutsch than with respect to  
> Latgalian. There appear to be no relevant differences between them  
> in regard to the questions you raise.
>
> For that matter, if we go back in time, and not that long ago, there  
> was probably Low German and Swiss German content marked as German.  
> Why is it not appropriate to make German into a macrolanguage, with  
> Standard German, Low German, and Swiss German (among others) as  
> encompassed languages?

Exactly.

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/