Reflect on how knowing a language's history can help you learn the language.
Knowing a language's history can definitely help you learn the language because you get to understand the origins of the language and the people that use it. For instance, I think Czech is one of the roughest-sounding languages that have hard sounds on certain letter such as the c, z, h, and v sounds. In contrast, Korean is one of the smoothest sounding languages with almost sing-song type styles. This comes from the history; Korea is always been the front runner of innovation, but holds a deep respect for elders and having a soft tone shows that respect. In contract, Czech Republic went through difficult times in the past centuries with World Wars and this roughness is reflected through the language.
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