Language (con)fusion

11 MIN READ Three long, turbulent years later, I am back in my hometown Vilnius. Its cupcake cream color and its scent of humid air and vaporating asphalt are precisely the way I remember. What is different this time is the way the city sounds. For centuries Vilnius has been a place of multiple languagesContinueContinue reading “Language (con)fusion”

Language Family Matters

14 MIN READ In January, the new language law was adopted in Ukraine to allow the Ukrainian language only to be used in the service sector, public organizations, and government agencies. Supermarkets, cafes, banks, and online shops staff are obliged from then on to communicate and serve their clients in Ukrainian only, including the informationContinueContinue reading “Language Family Matters”