The Rounding Harmony of Turkic Languages
Have you ever mastered vowel harmony, only to find another layer of rules? Enter labial harmony, the fascinating system in Turkic languages where the shape of your lips for one…
Unlocking the Universe of Languages
Have you ever mastered vowel harmony, only to find another layer of rules? Enter labial harmony, the fascinating system in Turkic languages where the shape of your lips for one…
In English, we say 'my house', but Finnish takes a more intimate approach. Instead of a separate word for 'my', ownership is baked directly into the noun as a suffix,…
Once the official language of China's last imperial dynasty, Manchu is now on the verge of extinction with only a handful of native speakers left. This is the story of…
The Finnish language, native to Finland and parts of Sweden, Russia, and Norway, is one of the most distinctive and fascinating tongues on the European...