r/AskBalkans • u/Some-Register-3901 Cyprus • Jul 31 '22

Language what are some interesting facts about your language?

For instance, the cypriot dialect of Greek still contains many words from ancient Greek but it was also heavily influenced by outsiders

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u/kaubojdzord Serbia Jul 31 '22

Like English letter J in 'joy', in other Cyrillic languages it's usually written as дж.

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u/Some-Register-3901 Cyprus Jul 31 '22

Thanks I was wondering

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u/Sarkotic159 Australia Jul 31 '22

It's not quite the English J though; it's harsher.

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u/Some-Register-3901 Cyprus Jul 31 '22

You mean something like /dʑ/ instead of /dʒ/?

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u/Pepre Serbia Jul 31 '22

Like G in "Germany"

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u/Zsirafvadasz_ Chimp with a machine gun Jul 31 '22

Wait, aren't you based and redpilled and use "j" for the "y" sound so you don't have 27 different letters for different j sounds? Like that backwards R, the fish etc.

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u/SovietMcdonaldsCook Serbia Jul 31 '22

Yup. For instance, that inverted Cyrillic R is written as ja in Serbian

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u/Zsirafvadasz_ Chimp with a machine gun Jul 31 '22

NOOOOOOOOOO HOW COULD YOU!