It's been said a language is a dialect without an army and a navy.
In general if two different systems of speaking have 80% mutual intelligibility, they are dialects of the same language. If they have a lower rate of mutual intelligibility, they are different languages.
However, take Chinese--Mandarin and Cantonese aren't anything alike, but politically declared as the same language. French and Italian are very similar, but different languages.
Basically, it's arbitrary.
Mandarin is the official dialect in mainland China.
A Dialect
Dialect
Dialect
the opposite of dialect (offshoot language) is : standard
it is called hassinyia, a dialect of arabic
What are the Proof that dialect as a language?
Mandarin is the official dialect in mainland China.
A Dialect
Dialect
Dialect
the opposite of dialect (offshoot language) is : standard
Dialect is relative. As one linguist once said, A language is a dialect with an army and a navy.
Common language or general language.
Arabic language, Egyptian dialect
"Wika" in Cebuano dialect means "language" in English.
My mother tongue is a language, not a dialect. A language is a broader system of communication with its own set of rules and vocabulary, whereas a dialect is a regional or social variety of a language that may differ in pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary.