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| Sep 3, 2018 at 17:31 | comment | added | Christian Geiselmann | @Abdullah Yes, I understand this. For example, I am fluent in Bulgarian, and when reading Bulgarian social media entries, I find that Bulgarians use generally "standard" language, although some who are not trained enough in correct writing do write in a more "hand made" manner, closer to spoken language. But there is no such stark difference as you report for Arabic. | |
| Sep 3, 2018 at 17:01 | comment | added | user34137 | Example, I do not know anything about Chinese, so I can not make valid comparisons to Arabic, but I am fully able to make comparisions for different dialects or registers used in Arabic. That was been going here. | |
| Sep 3, 2018 at 16:58 | comment | added | user34137 | Thank you. Most answers above including yours are right and comparing only between different varieties/levels of informality of German itself. When I have posted my question I was comparing between two levels of informality (of languages used on FB) present in two different languages. Now I think it is somewhat difficult for a German native speaker who does not have a previous knowledge in Arabic to make this comparison. | |
| Sep 3, 2018 at 14:35 | history | answered | Christian Geiselmann | CC BY-SA 4.0 |