Frequently Asked Linguistic Questions This page is a collection of answers to a couple of questions that are frequently asked by non-linguists. Please note that the answers are only available in German. Is Chinese really a language without a grammar? What are dead languages? Does the way we write in SMS and in the internet influence the way we write in school? Do teenagers speak worse German? Is Swiss German a separate language? How many dialects of Swiss German are there? Why is French so hard?