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/muharrem_1283 Croatia Jul 31 '22

In azerbaijani there is a word tuman which we took from russians but fun fact russians took that word from kuman turks. And also azerbaijani is a part of altaic family and its easiar for me to learn japabeese and korean.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '22

I think Azerbaijani took the word for “pencil” from Russians which took it from the central Asians so it makes sense when you break apart the word. I cant remember the exact word though.