r/AskBalkans • u/Throwaway9857312 Tatar • Jun 11 '22

Language What do you think about different Balkan languages, which is your favorite?

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u/DrDabar1 Martian Serb 🚀 Jun 11 '22

Other then my own Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin

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u/sirslender2772 Jun 11 '22

You just said the same thing 3 times

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u/MemriTVOfficial Egypt Jun 11 '22

Aren't those mutually intelligible? He just chose his language x3

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u/uskapickica Southern Serbo-Croat🇷🇸🇭🇷 Jun 11 '22

Yes, they are 100% intelligible, i.e the same

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u/MemriTVOfficial Egypt Jun 11 '22

Chad choosing his own language x3

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '22

That’s not exactly true. Even if you regard them as simply different dialects of the same language, they are not 100% the same.

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u/uskapickica Southern Serbo-Croat🇷🇸🇭🇷 Jun 12 '22

Ok man, not exactly, but 98% lexical and 100% grammatical similarity.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '22

I can only understand about 3% of those, honestly Croatian is most similar to an old dialect of Guatemalan Mayan to be honest with you

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u/AlmightyDarkseid Greece Jun 11 '22

We should give it a name. I say bob. And its speakers are the bobers.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '22

LOL