In aristocratic ages, when each nation tends to stand aloof from all others and likes to have distinct characteristics of its own, it often happens that several peoples which have a common origin become nevertheless estranged from each other, so that, without ceasing to understand the same language, they no longer all speak it in the same manner.
Aristokrazi mendeetan, nazio bakoitzak beste guztietatik aparte gelditzera jotzen duenean eta bere-berea izango duen fisionomia eduki nahi izaten duenean, sarri gertatzen da jatorri komuna duten zenbait herri oso arrotz bihurtzen direla elkarrekiko, eta, elkar ulertu ahal izateari utzi gabe, ez dute guztiek ere berean hitz egiten.