Speaking English is a challenge for all foreigners. They say it is the easiest language in the world to speak badly, and the hardest to speak perfectly. Different nationalities make similar mistakes, of course, while other mistakes are country-specific. Continuing our series, 25 Things to Know about Croatia, a look at some of the most common language mistakes made by locals when speaking English.
Like I said last time, language can unite and it can divide!
Linguistic colossus Professor Frank John Dubokovich, Guardian of the Hvar Dialects, makes his debut on British television on August 21, 2017.
The President has recently proposed splitting Croatian language classes in schools into basic and advanced subjects.
The proposed universal New Slavic language would simplify communication between speakers of different Slavic languages, and improve the quality of machine translation.
Thought Croatian was a difficult language? You only need the right teacher. Professor Frank John Dubokovich, self-styled Guardian of the Hvar Dialects, was in Split on May 9, 2017, to show the world how to speak Dalmatian dialect using only vowels.
As expected, the Declaration has provoked a controversy.
A group of prominent intellectuals will present a declaration claiming that most former Yugoslav nations speak different variants of the same language.