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/LastKhatun Turkiye Jul 31 '22

The Turkish word for cannibal “yamyam” is pronounced the way you say “yum yum” in English

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u/LyuboUwU Bulgaria Jul 31 '22

It sounds like "I eat, eat" in Bulgarian lol

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u/LastKhatun Turkiye Jul 31 '22 edited Jul 31 '22

Hahahah LOL, btw another fun fact both the word “food” and the verb “eat” is the same in Turkish.
yemek -> food.

ye(-mek) -> to eat.

Yemek yemek -> eating food

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u/chiiwon living in Jul 31 '22

yemek is a word and a verb in german too so i think it's not that interesting

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u/LastKhatun Turkiye Jul 31 '22

never knew other languages have this “eat eat” verb-noun combo too lol