The girl, from the southern town of Knin, had only just started studying
German at school and had been reading German books and watching German TV to
become better, but was by no means fluent, according to her parents.
Since waking up from her 24 hourcoma however, she has been unable to speak
Croatian, but is able to communicate perfectly in German.
Doctors at Split's KB Hospital claim that the case is so unusual, various
experts have examined the girl as they try to find out what triggered the
change.
Hospital director Dujomir Marasovic said: "You never know when recovering
from such a trauma how the brain will react. Obviously we have some theories
although at the moment we are limited in what we can say because we have to
respect the privacy of the patient."
Psychiatric expert Dr Mijo Milas added: "In earlier times this would have
been referred to as a miracle, we prefer to think that there must be a logical
explanation – its just that we haven't found it yet.
"There are references to cases where people who have been seriously ill and
perhaps in a coma have woken up being able to speak other languages – sometimes
even the Biblical languages such as that spoken in old Babylon or Egypt – at the
moment though any speculation would remain just that – speculation – so it's
better to continue tests until we actually know something
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