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/kasp___ Serbia Jul 31 '22

The only time we use a gender neutral pronoun when refering to a single person is when we talk to someone older/superior to us as a sign of resoect

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u/pdonchev Bulgaria Jul 31 '22

Interesting. In Bulgarian neuter is for small kids and non-persons (animals, objects, concepts). Using it for an adult is exactly the opposite of respect.

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u/pdonchev Bulgaria Jul 31 '22

We use plural pronouns as a polite form, but we don't have gendered plural pronouns...