"Runglish: The Unique Language of ISS Astronauts"
Originally Published 1 year ago — by IFLScience
Runglish is a hybrid language that fuses elements of English and Russian, commonly spoken by English-speaking astronauts and Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). It has emerged throughout history whenever English and Russian speakers have come into contact, and is characterized by a mix of words, sounds, phrases, and expressions from both languages. Runglish is not the only example of people melding their mother tongue with a second language, as similar instances can be found among immigrants in other communities, such as the development of "Spanglish" dialects.