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US student creates braille alphabet for Kashubian and Silesian as part of mission to save minority languages

Using Polish braille as a starting platform, Mowbray assigned values to new letters existing only in Kashubian and Silesian. Harris Mowbray

Making a lasting impact on Polish culture by committing two languages barely known outside of their regions to braille, Harris Mowbray used Polish braille as a starting platform to assign values to new letters existing only in Kashubian and Silesian.

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Forgotten composer who played for Polish king and co-founded Edinburgh Festival rediscovered after distant relative finds online ad for his rare piano

Josie Dixon had little idea that her great-great-great-great grandfather Felix Yaniewicz was one of the 19th century’s most notable composers until a chance conversation about a Stradivarius violin led her on a path of discovery.

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