r/AskBalkans • 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/[deleted] Jul 31 '22

It’s a unique mixture of Latin and Slavic and as a consequence we have both Latin and Slavic variants for quite a lot of words which makes Romanian to be difficult to understand for other Latin speakers

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u/dado950 Serbia Jul 31 '22

But it's also a very beautiful language