Welcome! Zdravim!

English 🇬🇧🇺🇸:
English has become the modern world’s successor to lingua latina, the global lingua franca. Our children speak it fluently, and nearly all science, technology, business, and politics are conducted in English today.

Slavic ❊:
Anglijsky jezyk stane dnes globalnym naslednikom «lingua latina», to jest vsemirna «lingua franca». Naša děti govorat ego běz trudnosti, a počti vsę nauka, tehnologija, poslovanje i politika dnes dějut se po anglijsko.

English 🇬🇧🇺🇸:
Yet when we travel among more than 400 million Slavic-speaking people across 13 countries, we often still communicate in English. This is striking, because Slavic languages are deeply related and can often be understood across borders when common vocabulary is used.

Slavic ❊:
No kogda my putujemo sredi više než 400 milionov slovjansko-govorečih ljudij v 13 državah, my čęsto vsešče govorimo po anglijsko. To je zajimlivo, bo slovjanske jezyky są glęboko rodstvene i často vzajemno razumljive, osoblivo kogda upotrěbimo obču slovjansku leksiku.

English 🇬🇧🇺🇸:
The purpose of this blog is to help ourselves and our children reconnect with the Slavic language and our shared culture.

Slavic ❊:
Cěl je tutogo bloga pomagati nam i našim děťam obnoviti jezyk i spoljnu kulturu slovjanskogo světa.

English 🇬🇧🇺🇸:
Over the centuries, our ancestors made choices that sometimes led to wars and divisions. My goal is the opposite. I am not a nationalist, and I do not discriminate by ethnicity. I am a technologist with progressive values, and my passion lies in ancient history, anthropology, and linguistics.

Slavic ❊:
Črěz věky naši predky činili vybori, ktore inogda privedli do vojnov i razdělenja. Moj cěl je protivnyj tomu. Ja ne jesm nacionalist i ne dělju ljudi po etničnosti. Ja jesm tehnolog s progresivnym pogledom i ljubju dŕevnu istoriju, antropologiju i lingvistiku.

English 🇬🇧🇺🇸:
I mourn the loss of indigenous cultural identity—among the peoples of the Americas and among Slavic nations. Growing up in the post–Cold War 1990s, I saw how Slavic countries were often dismissed or marginalized in Western narratives. While this perception is shifting somewhat in 2025, even among Slavs the neglect of our shared heritage remains common.

Slavic ❊:
Žaluju nad potratoju rodimyh kulturnyh tožestv—tak u narodov Ameriki, kak i u slovjanskyh narodov. Vyrastal jesm posle Studene vojny v 1990-tyh, kogda v Zapadnyh narativah slovjanskě strany byli často obescěněne ili marginalizovane. V 2025 godu videnje malo lěpši, no i sredi samyh Slovjanov zanebaŕbanje našego naslědstva ostaje čęste.

English 🇬🇧🇺🇸:
Much of our cultural unity shifted a thousand years ago with the adoption of Latin and Greek Christianity, and today we risk losing it again to English. I love English and use it every day, but I recognize the importance of studying and preserving our own heritage as well.

Slavic ❊:
Mnogoje iz našej rannej jedinstvenosti izměnilo se približno před tysęćų let s prijnatjem latinskogo i grčeskogo hristijanstva, i dnes grozi nam, že zanovo zgubimo jezykovo-kulturnu sȯtkanosť črěz anglijski jezyk. Ja ljubju anglijski i upotrěbim go každy den, no razuměm nuždu učiti i hraniti naše sobstvenno naslědstvo.

English 🇬🇧🇺🇸:
Today, Slavic languages are officially spoken in 13 core countries: Russia (134 million), Poland (38), Ukraine (37), Czech Republic (10.7), Bulgaria (6.5), Serbia (6.6), Slovakia (5.4), Croatia (4), Bosnia and Herzegovina (3.2), Slovenia (2.1), North Macedonia (1.8), Montenegro (0.6), and Belarus (9).

Slavic ❊:
Dnes slovjanske jezyky są oficijno govorene v 13 osnovnyh državah: Rusija (134), Poljsko (38), Ukrajina (37), Česka republika (10,7), Bulgarija (6,5), Srbija (6,6), Slovakija (5,4), Hrvatska (4), Bosna i Hercegovina (3,2), Slovenija (2,1), Severna Makedonija (1,8), Crna Gora (0,6) i Bělorusija (9).

English 🇬🇧🇺🇸:
Large Slavic communities also live beyond these borders: Kazakhstan (10 million), Germany (3.5), Brazil (3.8), United States (5.5), Canada (1.2), Argentina (1.2), Israel (2), Uzbekistan (2.4), Latvia (1.2), Moldova (1), Lithuania (0.6), Australia (0.8), United Kingdom (1), France (0.5), Estonia (0.4), Kyrgyzstan (1.8), Tajikistan (0.3), Turkmenistan (0.3), Azerbaijan (0.3), Italy (0.3), Spain (0.2), Uruguay (0.01), and the historic Lusatian region of Germany (0.06). Together these groups represent roughly 270–300 million people, comparable to the population of the United States.

Slavic ❊:
Velikě slovjanske obščiny živut tudi mimo tih granic: Kazahstan (10), Německo (3,5), Brazilija (3,8), Sjedinjene Štaty Ameriki (5,5), Kanada (1,2), Argentina (1,2), Izrael (2), Uzbekistan (2,4), Latvija (1,2), Moldova (1), Litva (0,6), Avstralija (0,8), Velika Britanija (1), Francija (0,5), Estonija (0,4), Kirgizstan (1,8), Tadžikistan (0,3), Turkmenistan (0,3), Azerbaidžan (0,3), Italija (0,3), Španija (0,2), Urugvaj (0,01), i Lužica v Německu (0,06). Vso to v sume dává okolo 270–300 milionov ljudi, porožnym s počisloju obyvateljev SŠA.

English 🇬🇧🇺🇸:
In this blog, I will use the Slavic language primarily in the form of Interslavic (ISO 639-3 code: “ILS”), a constructed language designed to be understandable across all Slavic nations. It draws from Proto-Slavic and Old Church Slavonic roots and follows a simplified orthography.

Slavic ❊:
V tom blogu budu upotrěbjati Slovjansky jezyk v oblike Interslavjanskogo (ISO 639-3: «ILS»), konstruovanogo jezyka razumlivogo v vsih slovjanskyh državah. On vyhodi iz Pra-Slovjanskogo i Staroslovjanskogo korenja i upotrěbljaje uproščenu ortografiju.

English 🇬🇧🇺🇸:
Interslavic is much easier to learn than any single national language such as Polish, Russian, or Croatian, and it offers the advantage of being at least partly understood in all of them. Learning it also means focusing on the shared core of Slavic vocabulary, rather than on later forms influenced by Latin, Germanic, Gothic, Turkish, or other sources.

Slavic ❊:
Interslavjansky je mnogo lěhši za učene než li jedin nacionalny jezyk (na primer, poljsky, rusky ili hrvatsky) i daje prednosť, že bude poňatny poněkud vo vseh tih zemjah. Učeči go, fokusujemo se na obče slovjanske slova, a ne na pozdně zaimstva iz latiny, germaniky, gotiky, turkijskogo i drugyh istočnikov.

English 🇬🇧🇺🇸:
The remaining content of this blog will appear in Interslavic, with translations available in English and sometimes other languages. Each post is an invitation to learn a few new words and to practice daily.

Slavic ❊:
Dalje soderžanje bloga bude pisano Interslavjansky, s prevodami na anglijsky i inogda na drugy jezyky. Každy post je prigoda naučiti nekoliko novyh slov i praktikovati každy den.

English 🇬🇧🇺🇸:
I will write new Slavic text in Latin and sometimes Cyrillic script, for example:
Mysli o jezyku, duhu i živote slovjanskyh ljudov iz vseh slovjanskyh narodov.
Мисли о єзыку, духу и животе словјанскых људов из всех словјанскых народов.

Slavic ❊:
Budu pisati novy slovjansky tekst latinkoj i inogda i kirilicoju, na primer:

Mysli o jezyku, duhu i živote slovjanskyh ljudov iz vseh slovjanskyh narodov.
Мисли о єзыку, духу и животе словјанскых људов из всех словјанскых народов.

Word Comparison Table

English 🇬🇧🇺🇸	Slavic ❊	OCS ☦️ Latin / Cyrillic	Polski 🇵🇱	Русский 🇷🇺	BCMS 🇷🇸🇭🇷🇧🇦🇲🇪
language	jezyk	językŭ / ѩзыкъ	język	язык	jezik
people	ljudi	ľudě / людє	ludzie	люди	ljudi
custom	običaj	obyčajŭ / обычай	obyczaj	обычай	običaj
heritage	naslědstvo	naslědstvo / наслѣдьство	dziedzictwo	наследие	naslijeđe
word	slovo	slovo / слово	słowo	слово	riječ
to learn	učiti sę	učiti sę / учити сѧ	uczyć się	учиться	učiti se
to write	pisati	pisati / писати	pisać	писать	pisati
to read	čitati	čitati / читати	czytać	читать	čitati
country	strana	strana / страна	strona	страна	strana
nation	narod	narodŭ / народъ	naród	народ	narod
Slavic	slovjansky	slověnĭskŭ / словѣньскъ	słowiański	славянский	slavenski
child	děte	děte / дѣтѧ	dziecię	ребёнок	dijete
family	rodina	rodina / родина	rodzina	семья	porodica
faith	věra	věra / вѣра	wiara	вера	vjera
root	korenь	korenĭ / корень	korzeń	корень	korijen
script / writing	pismo	pismo / письмо	pismo	письмо	pismo