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Once considered a single language called Serbo-Croatian, the languages of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Montenegro are now actively drifting apart.…
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Can a Pole successfully order a beer in Slovakia? We explore the fascinating world of Slavic mutual intelligibility, testing the…
For English speakers learning a Slavic language, the lack of words for 'a/an/the' can be a shock. These languages don't…
Forget everything you thought you knew about 'he' and 'she'. In Slavic languages, a table is a 'he', a book…
Ever wondered how Russian, Polish, and Croatian can be so different yet so similar? We journey back 1500 years to…
A Lithuanian and a Pole can't understand each other, so why do linguists insist their languages are close relatives? We…
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