Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect

How Money Learns to Speak: What Currency Names Reveal About Language, Value, and Thinking

Before we talk about money as economics, we should admit something uncomfortable:money is first a word, and only then a number. Every culture names its currency, […]

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• 02.01.2026 • 4 min read

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Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect Jan 2, 2026

“Shah” Instead of “Kopiika”:

What a Coin Name Reveals About Language, Memory, and Measure Before money becomes a matter of economics, it is a matter of language.Every currency reform begins […]

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