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by hsjqllzlfkf 1029 days ago
Lol that last word has a z, a prz, a cz, and a sz.
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They should really switch to Cyrillic!
I see this argument raised quite often and it's a bit like saying English should have it's own alphabet because latin alphabet wasn't made for whatever amalgamate of languages modern English is. There are cultural factors at play as well, Poland was historically a Catholic country and that came with latin included. Basically: digraphs are prevalent in many languages and Z is as good a letter as any.
Wrt. English, it still technically has stuff like Æ, so it too may just as well switch to Cyrillic.
I’m confused by both of these replies. Wasn’t Cyrillic created expressly for Slavic languages? And isn’t Polish a Slavic language?
Other than not having to use diacritics, what benefits does it present for modern Polish users to switch to an alphabet designed for Old Church Slavonic?
also how would it look politically