vowel harmony

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…

3 weeks ago

Finland’s “Possessive Suffixes”

In English, we say 'my house', but Finnish takes a more intimate approach. Instead of a separate word for 'my',…

4 weeks ago

The Emperor’s Fading Echo: The Precarious Survival of the Manchu Language

Once the official language of China's last imperial dynasty, Manchu is now on the verge of extinction with only a…

4 months ago

What Makes Finnish Difficult to Learn?

The Finnish language, native to Finland and parts of Sweden, Russia, and Norway, is one of the most distinctive and…

2 years ago

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