Thursday, January 13, 2011

Was the Turkish language reform a success or a catastrophe?

But the changes that Turkish underwent in the 20th century were not the result of natural evolution -- as words gradually took on new shades of meaning, and people dropped some in favor of others as fashions changed. Turkish was subject to a deliberate re-engineering.

It always surprise me how many nations did stuff like this in the 20th century.

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