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Molvania

In their travel guidebook spoof of the fictitious Eastern European country Molvania, Australian humorists Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner and Rob Sitch write that the imaginary Molvanian language is one of the world’s most difficult to learn.

‘Molvanian is a difficult language to speak, let alone master. There are four genders: male, female, neutral, and the collective noun for cheeses, which occupies a nominative sub-section of its very own. The language also contains numerous irregular verbs, archaic phrases, words of multiple meaning and several phonetic sounds linguists suspect could represent either a rare dialect or merely peasants clearing their throat. This, coupled with a record number of silent letters, makes fluency a major challenge. You can, as some visitors have experimented with, simply try adding the letter ‘j’ or ‘z’ randomly to any word – but this will only get you so far.’

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Molvania: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry is a hilarious account of a non-existent country, intended to satirise the whole genre of travel guidebooks and the emergence of a Lonely Planet travel culture. Blinkered by travel guides, the authors seem to suggest, the whole travel experience can take on a ludicrous character. Although it might be difficult to see the funny side of it at first, the book also provides an insight into Australian culture and sense of humour.

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