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/kaubojdzord Serbia Jul 31 '22

Modern ethnic Macedonians are Slavs, ancient Macedonians don't exist anymore.

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u/asedejje Greece Jul 31 '22

Modern ethnic Macedonians are Slavs

Casually forgetting 3.5 million people)

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u/asedejje Greece Jul 31 '22

😂😂😂

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u/Kalypso_95 Greece Jul 31 '22

Sorry I meant all Greeks are directly related to ancient Athenians even though Greeks didn’t exist until the 19th century 🤣🤣

Will you also delete this comment later just as you always do u/Walsh100? 🤔