[AussieWog93]

Thanks for the links and explanations. It seems political definitions of what is an isn't a "language" are more political than I realised.

On a side note, I actually found it a little bit ironic that Afrikaans was listed as a dialect of Dutch in his paper.

Many South Africans would disagree with that classification quite strongly, especially since Afrikaans has its own literature and regional dialects.

In turn, there's a movement to classify the coloured dialect of Afrikaans as its own language (Kaaps), in fear that it will be swallowed up by the more standard "white" form and erode their cultural identity.