How mutually intelligible are the Turkic languages? Would Turkish help me get around Central Asia? [more inside]
posted by pravit on Dec 9, 2007 - 15 answers

Is it common for Americans to incorrectly assume that Russian is only spoken in Russia but forget that it is also a common language in the former Soviet states? [more inside]
posted by gregb1007 on Oct 18, 2006 - 37 answers