Unlocking the Universe of Languages
A Lithuanian and a Pole can't understand each other, so why do linguists insist their languages are close relatives? We dive into the ancient Balto-Slavic mystery, exploring the deep grammatical…
Lithuanian, one of Europe's oldest languages, possesses a fascinating grammatical tool that English lacks: a specific way to talk about things that are just about to happen. This "inceptive" mood,…
The death of a language is usually a slow fade, but Old Prussian was not so lucky. It was systematically eradicated by the sword of the Teutonic Knights in a…