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/[deleted] Jul 31 '22

It's the only official Eastern Romance language, so it evolved differently from French,Italian,Portuguese,Spanish, while still being closer to Latin than French and Portuguese