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Nature

earth, land

Source:*zemjaProto-Slaviccertain

East and South Slavic insert an l after a labial before j (земля, zemlja); West Slavic does not (ziemia, země).

English

earth, land

Polish

ziemia
ˈʑɛmja
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In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    земля́zemlja
    zʲɪmˈlʲainherited
  • Ukrainian
    земля́zemlja
    zɛmˈlʲainherited
  • Polish
    ziemia
    ˈʑɛmjainherited
  • Czech
    země
    ˈzɛmɲɛinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    zemljaземља
    ˈzemʎainherited
  • English
    earth, land