Foreigners who learn Slovak are not bothered by the linguistic phenomenon called “vybrané slová” (exempted words) or the soft “ľ” in pronunciation. “It’s enough if you just show them the words we took ...
CONSTRUCTION engineer Igor Adamovič is suing the head of the country's language institute (JÚĽŠ), which he says is "sabotaging language norms" in the use of the Slovak 'ľ' consonant. Adamovič, 70, who ...