In the early 20th century, Ludwig Sütterlin designed a unique handwriting script that became the standard in German schools, only…
Eye Dialect is a literary technique where authors use non-standard spelling (like "wimmin" or "sez") to represent standard pronunciations, typically…
Explore the fascinating political history of the Ukrainian alphabet, where a single letter can act as a revolutionary symbol. This…
Discover the "Short U" (Ў), a unique Cyrillic character found exclusively in the Belarusian alphabet. We explore the linguistics behind…
Explore the fascinating linguistic divide in Belarus, where the choice between the official "Narkamaŭka" spelling and the classical "Taraškievica" is…
While modern English relies on the Latin alphabet, our language was originally written in the angular, 33-character runic system known…
While Turkish and Azerbaijani are mutually intelligible linguistic cousins, they are far from identical. This deep dive explores the defining…
In the 20th century, Azerbaijani speakers were forced to change their official alphabet three times—from Perso-Arabic to Latin, to Cyrillic,…
Yiddish presents a rare linguistic paradox: a Germanic language, close kin to English and German, written entirely in the ancient…
While most assume the Latin alphabet evolved directly from Greek, the true story features a vital middleman: the Etruscans. This…
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