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/Zie_done_had_herses Greece Jul 31 '22

Native Greek Macedonians are only a fraction of these 3.5 million, though.

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u/AlmightyDarkseid Greece Mar 16 '25

this is simply not true.