Explore
No curriculum here, and nothing to complete. This is the wandering side of Slavonaut — the curiosities, stories, and connections that make the Slavic world worth the effort of learning it.
Vocabulary traps
False friends
Words that look identical across Slavic languages but mean wildly different things — "shop" in one country, "crypt" in the next. Search the pairs and learn why meanings drifted.
Browse the trapsField notes
Culture & stories
Essays on the life around the languages: slang, music, habits, and the small cultural details that textbooks skip.
Read the essaysThe family
The Slavic languages
Seven languages, three branches, one ancestor. Portraits of each language — alphabets, quirks, and how they relate to one another.
Meet the familyMoment of Wonder
Robot Origins
The word "robot" comes from Czech "robota" meaning forced labor. It was coined by Karel Čapek in his 1920 play R.U.R.