1. They are closely related, though perhaps not close enough for mutual intelligibility . 2. In addition, political and social conventions often override considerations of mutual intelligibility . 3. Mutual intelligibility is the linguistic criterion used to distinguish languages from dialects.4. Secondly, what Tamil speakers are referring to is degree of mutual intelligibility . 5. Another source of evidence is metalinguistics and the question of mutual intelligibility . 6. The two principal varieties, Quiotepec and Comaltepec, have marginal mutual intelligibility . 7. As spoken languages the mutual intelligibility is still very high, they're basically indistinguishable. 8. Two or three varieties have low mutual intelligibility with the rest. 9. Eastern Lombard and Italian are different languages and have only limited mutual intelligibility . 10. The two principal varieties, Chinantec and Tlacoatzintepec, have marginal mutual intelligibility .
