Languages that are formally very close to each other and mutually intelligible (their speakers have no difficulty in understandi
ng each other), yet for political reasons are considered to be separate languages, include the following:
a. The Mandarin and Cantonese spoken dialects of Chinese
Ib. Hindi and Urdu
Ic Latin and Greek
d. Serbian and Croatian
Pretty sure it’s neither “a” nor “c”, no idea about Hindi and Urdu so I would lean towards “d”.
Latin and Greek are just completely different and the same counts for mandarin and Cantonese. As a mandarin chinese speaker I can just understand that and no other Chinese dialect let alone Cantonese. East European countries have a lot of similarities in their language and I’m sure the correct answer it’s “d” : Serbian and Croatian . It’s the same language but called in a different way for nationality purposes after the Yugoslav wars
Languages that are formally very close to each other and mutually intelligible (their speakers have no difficulty in understanding each other), yet for political reasons are considered to be separate languages, include the following:
