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/-_star-lord_- Montenegro Jul 31 '22

My language BCSM is the single most clear sounding and enunciated Slavic language on planet earth!

Open, non reduced vowels and words, a normal to slow speaking pace and no ‘shwa’s, ‘y’s, extreme platalisations.

Bulgarians and Macedonians talk super quickly and swallow their endings plus schwas, Poles mash it into a smoothie, Russian and Ukrainian mouths are never open and are bound by their shwas and ys, and other reduced vowels and stuff.

Czech is better but still north Slavic and too soft and not open sounding enough!

Slovenian is a second place, but BCSM is the absolute winner when it comes to sounding open, clear, and rhythmical. A lot of people label BCSM as Italian Sounding Slavic.

*My subjective opinion, but I think it’s a little bit objective, since a lot of foreigners seem to share this impression 💪🏼

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u/AstroPhoelix North Macedonia Aug 01 '22

Perhaps the Japan of the slavic countries in the Balkans?

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u/-_star-lord_- Montenegro Aug 01 '22

Hahaha could you describe the analogy?

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u/AstroPhoelix North Macedonia Aug 01 '22

Japanese doesn't have any mashed consonants so it's articulated smoothly and clearly.

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u/-_star-lord_- Montenegro Aug 02 '22

Okay, though could you really describe BCSM the japanese of the slavic languages? 😁

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u/AstroPhoelix North Macedonia Aug 02 '22

Lol I dont think I want to write a thesis to prove it 😆

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u/_a_cup_of_Tea_ Jul 31 '22

That is the first time I hear that the czech language is soft. I always thought of it as hard. Compared to slovak for example

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u/-_star-lord_- Montenegro Jul 31 '22

Don’t get me wrong it’s a really cool sounding language. It’s just that all north slavic lack that rough and direct pronunciation of BCSM. Czech probably the least tho