What is Slovosbor?
A language lab where curiosity meets science. You explore words, we learn how languages connect.
How it works
Search for any word. But here's the twist — you won't see its meaning right away.
First, we'll ask: What do you think this means?
Make your guess, and the definition unlocks. Right or wrong doesn't matter — what matters is that you tried. That's how you learn, and that's how you help us understand how languages work.
Why your guesses matter
Every time you guess a word's meaning, you're contributing to real research.
When a Ukrainian speaker correctly guesses an Interslavic word, that's data. When a Spanish speaker struggles with Interlingua, that's data too. Your intuitions help linguists answer questions like:
- Which words are naturally understood across language families?
- Which words cause confusion and why?
- How does your native language shape what you can understand?
It's citizen science — you learn, we learn, everyone wins.
What languages?
We are starting today with Interslavic — a constructed language designed so that any Slavic speaker can understand it without studying. That's 400 million people on the planet, who can benefit from insights we gather here.
But the platform is built for more. Neolatino for Romance speakers is next. Other zonal languages as communities grow. Same method, different families.
The long game
There are thousands of words to explore. You won't finish in a day — and that's the point.
Come back whenever. Your progress is saved. Pick up where you left off. Over time, you'll have explored a whole language — one word at a time.
For researchers
Slovosbor generates datasets on cross-language intelligibility. If you're interested in the data for academic purposes, get in touch. All data is anonymized and collected with consent.
Open source
The platform, pipelines, and methodology are developed in the open. Contributions welcome.