Linguistic Purism - Linguistic Purism By Language

Linguistic Purism By Language

  • Croatian – Croatian linguistic purism
  • English – Anglish
  • Greek – Katharevousa
  • Icelandic – Háíslenska/High Icelandic
  • Italian – Accademia della Crusca, Italian language purist institution
  • Norwegian – Høgnorsk/High Norwegian
  • Sinhala – Hela Havula
  • Tamil – Tanittamil Iyakkam
  • Turkish – Türk Dil Kurumu

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