Pdf mutual intelligibility between west and south slavic. We tested twenty language combinations using the same uniform methodology, making the results commensurable for the first time. Mutual intelligibility and surprisal in slavic intercomprehension incomslav project c4 investigates the relation between information density, encoding density and grammaticalisation in a crosslinguistic perspective, focusing on intercomprehension within the family of slavic languages. The levenshtein distance between two languages or dialects is often used as a yardstick against which empirical research can be measured, using tools to check. The language intelligibility problem is also mentioned in the report published in 2007 at the european commission by the high level group on multilingualism hlgm, which emphasizes a lack of knowledge about mutual intelligibility between closely re. Yes, which languages do you think are the most mutual intelligible.
But again, this is a separate discussion from mutual intelligibility. May 28, 2014 but again, this is a separate discussion from mutual intelligibility. For example, could a russian and a bulgarian understand each other just talking their native languages. Mutual intelligibility among the slavic languages beyond. It is sometimes used as a criterion for distinguishing languages from dialects, though sociolinguistic factors are also important.
Its important to note that mutual intelligibility is highly subjective. Pdf modeling mutual intelligibility between slavic language pairs. Pdf modeling mutual intelligibility between slavic. Hes the site administrator and i am waiting for him to give me some site tools i need to help administer the site. Nov 16, 2007 i know russians and ukrainians, and poles and czechs can understand each other fairly well, but how easy can too different families of slavic languages understand each other. Pdf in the present study we tested the level of mutual intelligibility. Corpora and quantitative data in slavic languages pdf. Kajkavian has higher mutual intelligibility with slovenian than varieties of shtokavian while chakavian has a low mutual intelligibility with either, in part due to large number of loanwords from venetian. Torlakian considered a subdialect of shtokavian by some has a significant level of mutual intelligibility with macedonian and bulgarian.
This thesis explores mutual intelligibility in the slavic language area how to measure it, how to predict it. In the prospective thesis, we seek to quantitatively model the mutual intelligibility between the language pairs bulgarianrussian and. So in essence, there is spoken mutual intelligibility between all slavic languages but that can range from the 80% of czech vs slovak to the 5% of polish vs bulgarian. In the present study we tested the level of mutual intelligibility between three west slavic czech, slovak and polish and three south slavic languages croatian, slovene and bulgarian. During the protobaltoslavic period a number of exclusive isoglosses in phonology, morphology, lexis, and syntax developed, which makes slavic and baltic the closest related of all the. Yet there is a dialect continuum between slovenian and. Mutual intelligibility between closely related languages in europe pdf. I have a fairly easy time reading ukrainian bulgarian serbian and to a lesser extent kazakh. Mutual intelligibility among slavic languages antimoon forum. Is the difference as far apart as the germanic languages, or. It is sometimes used as an important criterion for distinguishing languages from dialects, although sociolinguistic factors are often also used.
Pdf mutual intelligibility between west and south slavic languages. In the present study we tested the level of mutual intelligibility. Not sure about other languages, but russian and ukranian are very mutually intelligible. Is russian mutually intelligible with any other slavic. We first tested both written and spoken language by means of cloze tests. Mutual intelligibility in slavic language specific. Crc 1102 project c4 models for mutual intelligibility march, 2015 1416. In answering this question, i will honour a soviet tradition that i always hated starting a book, an article, a lecture, whatever, with a citation from marx or engels. Bosnian, croatian and serbian shtokvakian of course can understand each other. University of groningen mutual intelligibility in the slavic. Mutual intelligibility in the slavic language area 66 3. Slavic languages are spoken natively by 300 million people and as second or third languages by many more people in countries as far away as germany and china.
Czech, slovak, polish, croatian, slovenian and bulgarian on the level of lexicon, orthography. We report on a largescale investigation of the mutual intelligibility between five germanic languages. It requires a solid understanding of knowing your capabilities and autoregulating your lift intensity. I spent the first 6 years of my life in ukraine and grew up speaking russian and english russian was the main language of ukraine back then, these days i dont speak it natively anymore but i still know my fair share of russian. In linguistics, mutual intelligibility is a relationship between languages or dialects in which. University of groningen mutual intelligibility in the. To what extent, are romanian and bulgarian mutually. Moldovan does, however, have more foreign loanwords from russian and. Between sources, you might find some claiming that two languages are mutually intelligible, while other sources claim those same languages arent.
Does russian have a degree of mutual intelligibility with any other languages. In linguistics, mutual intelligibility is a relationship between languages or dialects in which speakers of different but related varieties can readily understand each other without prior familiarity or special effort. In the prospective thesis, we seek to quantitatively model the mutual intelligibility between the language pairs bulgarianrussian and czechpolish at the orthographic as well as phonological level. Hes the site administrator and i am waiting for him to give me some site tools i. It is an advanced form of training and is not recommended for beginners or early intermediates. Mutual intelligibility between closely related languages 2712009 2 introduction.
Bulgarian and macedonian are mutually intelligible between 80% and 90%, as are czech and slovak. Mutual intelligibility of spoken danish and swedish. But because i am just now learning the actual meaning of the russian words, im wondering what is the mutual intelligibility between them, if any. First of all, once you make yourself aware of mutually intelligible languages, you.
Does russian have mutual intelligibility with other. Slavic languages descend from protoslavic, their immediate parent language, ultimately deriving from protoindoeuropean, the ancestor language of all indoeuropean languages, via a protobaltoslavic stage. This blog post is available as a convenient and portable pdf that you. Only romanians who know another slavic language can understand better bulgarian, the same applies for bulgarians who know another romance language. Pdf mutual intelligibility of languages in the slavic. My question revolves around mutual intelligibility with other cyrillic languages. Mutual intelligibility between west and south slavic languages. Yes, but not on the level of australian english and california english. There isnt any other slavic language that is that much like russian. The results show that in most cases, a division between west and south slavic languages does exist and that west. Dialects, that is, can be regarded as subdivisions of a particular language. To what extent are different slavic languages mutually. In linguistics, mutual intelligibility is a relationship between languages or dialects in which speakers of different but related languages can readily understand each other without intentional study or special effort.
Dutch, or hindiurdu, and mutual intelligibility between their speakers exceeds that between the standard variants of english, french, german or spanish. But because i am just now learning the actual meaning of the russian words, im wondering what is. If the level of mutual intelligibility between two languages is high enough, the speakers of. The first south slavic language to be written also the first attested slavic language was the. These are separated geographically from speakers of the other two slavic branches west and east by a belt of german, hungarian and romanian speakers. The imposition of church slavonic on orthodox slavs was often at the expense of the vernacular. Mar 01, 2018 in the prospective thesis, we seek to quantitatively model the mutual intelligibility between the language pairs bulgarian russian and czechpolish at the orthographic as well as phonological level. In addition, the differences between the slavonic dialects are so great that.
Pdf mutual intelligibility of languages in the slavic family robert. Mutual intelligibility in the slavic language area. The proper term for what youre asking is linguistic distance. Orthography in language modeling of mutual intelligibility. Sometimes it is also called lexical distance, if only lexical units have been comparedmeasured also, there is an article on wikipedia called mutual intelligibility, and it has a nice list of mutually intelligible languages as noticed, there are several aspects by which linguistic distances ld between a certain pair of. How mutually intelligible are the various slavic languages. The letters themselves are listed in the first column in standard bulgarian alphabetical order. Orthographic and morphological correspondences between. Apr 18, 2020 renowned for its specificity, frequency, and intensity, the bulgarian method has long been a curiosity in the weightlifting and powerlifting world. Mutual intelligibility of slavic languages yahoo answers.
I think they are czech and slovak or russian and ukrainian, but the former is dominant, i think, right. Sep 18, 2015 in the present study we tested the level of mutual intelligibility between three west slavic czech, slovak and polish and three south slavic languages croatian, slovene and bulgarian. I have a fairly easy time reading ukrainianbulgarianserbian and to a lesser extent kazakh. Accounting for mutual intelligibility of lexis availability of lexical alternatives leads to asymmetric intelligibility look into cognates. Russian speakers are also likely to understand some bulgarian, along with.
Erik van thienen is right but this fact doesnt help mutual intelligibility at all. In this way we may talk of the parisian dialect of french, the lancashire dialect of english, the bavarian dialect of german, and so on. Russian belongs to the family of indoeuropean languages, one of the four living members of the east slavic languages alongside. Slovenian and serbocroatian have poor intelligibility, about 30% intelligibility.
For some slavic languages there are pairs which are that similar, but not for russian. These mutually intelligible languages will make you do a double take. Tania avgustinova, dietrich klakow, and roland marti. The table below provides an overview of the bulgarian alphabet. Russian, belarussian and ukrainian were not among the languages observed. Mutual intelligibility wikipedia republished wiki 2. Article pdf available in russian linguistics 393 november 2015 with 1,016. These mutually intelligible languages will make you do a. Mutual intelligibility of languages in the slavic family.
Having a large body of recognizable vocabulary is a necessary condition for mutual intelligibility, but it is nowhere near sufficient. Instead of similarity, we could also use the inverse concept of distance, in which case, the greater the distance between two languages, the smaller their degree of mutual intelligibility. Renowned for its specificity, frequency, and intensity, the bulgarian method has long been a curiosity in the weightlifting and powerlifting world. The south slavic languages are one of three branches of the slavic languages. In the prospective thesis, we seek to quantitatively model the mutual intelligibility between the language pairs bulgarian russian and czechpolish at the orthographic as well as phonological level. These mutually intelligible languages will make you do a double. Russian, belarusian, ukrainian, bulgarian, macedonian.
Jul 15, 2011 and mutual intelligibility is symmetric. I used to know a russian girl and slovakian girl who sometimes spoke a mix of the 2 languages to eachother. Is the difference as far apart as the germanic languages, or closer. Languages as a base for modeling of mutual intelligibility. Applying dynamic bayesian networks in transliteration detection and generation.
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