This post explores the often-overlooked link between linguistic purism and exclusionary politics. We move beyond simple vocabulary debates to investigate…
Once considered a single language called Serbo-Croatian, the languages of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Montenegro are now actively drifting apart.…
For over a century, Greece was torn apart by a linguistic civil war, a battle fought not with weapons but…
An alphabet is more than just a tool for writing; it's a flag, a declaration of identity. In Central Asia,…
The Vietnamese alphabet, Quốc Ngữ, presents a fascinating paradox with its Latin letters used for a tonal, Austroasiatic language. Originally…
When Italy became a nation in 1861, a famous statesman declared, "We have made Italy. Now we must make Italians."…
Explore one of history's most radical linguistic reforms: Turkey's 1928 Alphabet Revolution. At the direction of Atatürk, the nation abandoned…
The motto on every Quebec license plate, "Je me souviens" (I remember), is the key to understanding the province's modern…
The Soviet Union's language policy was a dramatic paradox, beginning with the revolutionary promotion of over 100 minority languages through…
For nearly 400 years, the forty "immortals" of the Académie Française have stood as the official guardians of the French…
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