Mind & speech

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Source:*językъProto-Slavic · “tongue; language”certain

Like English tongue, one word for the organ and for speech, except in Ukrainian. The nasal *ę survives only in Polish język.

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Polish

język

ˈjɛ̃zɨk

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Russian
язы́кjazyk
jɪˈzɨkinherited
Ukrainian
мо́ваmova
ˈmɔʋadifferent word · Proto-Slavic *mъlva 'speech'
From the root of Polish mówić and Czech mluvit 'to speak'; язи́к is only the tongue in the mouth.
Polish
język
ˈjɛ̃zɨkinherited
Czech
jazyk
ˈjazɪkinherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
jezikјезик
ˈjezikinherited
English
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