Language Variety
- CURIE:
gmeow:LanguageVariety - IRI: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/LanguageVariety
- Category: class
- Defined by:
gmeow:slices/languages - Box roles: TBox role (What is this?)
A speech variety that carries names, scripts, tags, status, provenance, and alignment metadata exactly as a gmeow:Language does, because it IS a language (a SubKind). Classifications such as dialect, sociolect, register, or standard are standpointed claims via gmeow:varietyKind, not OWL subclass decisions — so a single variety can be classified as a language by one standpoint and a dialect by another without incoherence (Principle 9).
Structure
Subclass of: gmeow:Language
Practical Pattern
Use gmeow:LanguageVariety as a specialized kind of gmeow:Language. Add statement metadata or a standpoint when the assertion needs provenance, confidence, or vantage.