Indo-European

Kulning: The Swedish Art of Herding Calls

Explore the acoustics and phonetics behind Kulning, the hauntingly high-pitched Swedish herding call. This article delves into how women historically…

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Cypriot Syllabary: Greece’s Forgotten Script

Before the Greek alphabet conquered the Mediterranean, the island of Cyprus used a unique, puzzle-like script derived from the Bronze…

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E-Prime: What Happens When We Delete “To Be”?

Uncover the fascinating linguistic constraint of E-Prime (English Prime), a version of English that completely eliminates the verb "to be."…

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The Debitive Mood: Why Latvian Has a Special Way to Say “Must”

Unlike most European languages which rely on modal verbs like "must" or "have to", Latvian utilizes a unique grammatical feature…

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The Slavic Oddity: Why Bulgarian Has No Cases

While most Slavic languages are infamous for their complex systems of noun cases, Bulgarian stands out as a unique linguistic…

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Nova Scotia’s Secret: The Gaelic of Cape Breton

Explore the fascinating linguistic history of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, where a unique dialect of Scottish Gaelic has survived for…

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Beyond Outlander: The Real Language of the Highlands

While fans of *Outlander* fell in love with possible Gaelic phrases, the true history of the language involves a dramatic…

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The ‘Dummy Do’: English’s Weirdest Grammar Quirk

While most European languages form questions by simply swapping the subject and verb (like the German "Trinken Sie?"), English requires…

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The Great Vowel Shift: Why English Spelling Is Broken

Between the 14th and 18th centuries, English speakers radically changed how they pronounced vowels, engaging in a massive linguistic game…

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The Freising Manuscripts: The Oldest Slavic Latin Texts

Dating back to roughly 1000 AD, the Freising Manuscripts (Brižinski spomeniki) hold the title of the oldest surviving texts in…

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