The Greek Language War: A Nation’s Identity Crisis
For over a century, Greece was torn apart by a linguistic civil war, a battle fought not with weapons but with words. This post delves into the intense conflict between…
Unlocking the Universe of Languages
For over a century, Greece was torn apart by a linguistic civil war, a battle fought not with weapons but with words. This post delves into the intense conflict between…
When Italy became a nation in 1861, a famous statesman declared, "We have made Italy. Now we must make Italians." A crucial part of that project was language, as less…
Explore one of history's most radical linguistic reforms: Turkey's 1928 Alphabet Revolution. At the direction of AtatΓΌrk, the nation abandoned the centuries-old Arabic script for a new Latin-based alphabet in…