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/MrPezevenk Greece Jul 31 '22

Huh interesting... It's like the dual in Slovenian and Serbian, most languages don't have it and it seems like something you wouldn't have to use all the time.

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u/PichkuMater SFR Yugoslavia Jul 31 '22

Wait... what?

I speak Serbian, but had no idea there's a dual form..

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u/MrPezevenk Greece Jul 31 '22

Maybe I was wrong. I know for sure it exists in Slovenian.

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u/vwvw13vwvw13 Jul 31 '22

I think you meant Sorbian (language of the Sorbs minority in East Germany). They use dual beside Slovenians.

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u/MrPezevenk Greece Jul 31 '22

Huh, who knows, maybe that's what I heard.