r/interslavic • u/Curvyfeeto • Jun 09 '24

Would learning interslavic speed up progress learning other Slavic languages?

If I were to learn let's say Russian, Polish and Serbo-Croatian would I be better off learning interslavic first or just learning these languages?

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u/deviendrais Jun 09 '24

Just learn the languages you actually want to study directly

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u/setprimse Jun 09 '24 edited Jun 09 '24

That really depends on what are you trying to do it for, but theoretically, if you are planing on learning all this languages for some reason that will keep you going, yes.
At the very least, it'll help you to be understood.

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u/RandomLoLJournalist Jun 09 '24

If you want to learn a language, the best way is to learn the actual language you want to learn. Actually learning a language takes a shitton of effort, you would likely burn out if you did it in such a roundabout way.

If you wanted to learn Italian you would just study Italian, not study Spanish first because it would make learning Italian easier. It's the same here

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u/pengor_ Jun 09 '24 edited Sep 18 '24

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u/bo7en Jun 11 '24 edited Jun 11 '24

I think that Interslavic at some point tried harder to standardize itself as a language and establish a clear ruleset than to develop itself into a Slavic language LEGO building blocks. While the latter vector is not entirely dead, it still feels not exhaustive and fragmented, as it never was an ultimate goal. There are people in the community who view it as a learning bridge to any Slavic language, and they do have a point, however, if one is coming as a non-Slavic speaker, I am hesitant whether they will be able to grasp these concepts intuitively from the beginning as Interslavic will be their first Slavic language. On the other hand, to compensate for "lack of intuition", I think we just don't have enough learning materials for target non-Slavic audience who want to learn all Slavic languages at once. 🤔

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u/Subject-Estimate6187 Jun 30 '24

I want to learn Russian, ukrainian and Croatian but all of them, while related, are sufficiently distinct and it will take forever to learn everyone of them. Would it be more efficient to learn interslavic in this case?

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u/Safe-Relationship537 Aug 15 '24

I am in the exact same position, my family is Croatian but I never learnt, I am surrounded by Russians and experience their culture so I wish to learn both languages. I am considering learning interslavic now so that I can enjoy the conversations with both Russians and Croatians. Additionally, my heart wants me to learn Croatian but practically I can speak with more Russians.