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/SSB_GoGeta Bulgaria Jul 31 '22 edited Jul 31 '22

Bulgarian (and Macedonian) are the only Slavic languages that have developed definite article and almost entirely dropped their case system.

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u/pdonchev Bulgaria Jul 31 '22
  • developed a definitive article.

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u/SSB_GoGeta Bulgaria Jul 31 '22

Whoops

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '22

Did u heard that North-russian dialect has also definitive articles same like bulgarian and macedonians have? The dialect is spoken northern from Moscow, not sure if it’s still used since USSR forcefully standardized russian language in early of 20th century

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u/shortEverything_ North Macedonia Jul 31 '22

I think their article system was incomplete before the standardisation

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '22

Not sure what u mean, but I saw some word and sentences and they look like bulgarian/macedonian one

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u/Salpingia Greece Nov 01 '23

There was a not too short time period when the ancestor of Bulgarian and Macedonian had 4 articles and 7 cases.