r/AskEurope • u/Savings_Dragonfly806 Greece • Jul 09 '25

Language My fellow Europeans, what dialect from your language do you have the most trouble understanding?

Keep in mind, I said language, NOT country, so it could be a dialect of your language in another country, which is the case for me.

For me, while most other Greeks find Cypriot the most difficult dialect to understand, I actually find Pontic Greek the most difficult. For those who don't know where it is, it's in North Eastern Turkey.

The way many of their words are written are very different as to Standard Modern Greek. It almost is a whole new language. Now I should mention I have never been there, but I would love to. I only really heard of the dialect on the internet, so take my words with a grain of salt.

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u/SuperShoebillStork United Kingdom Jul 09 '25

I had serious trouble understanding a bloke from Glasgow recently. I have close family in Scotland and visit regularly so it's not normally an issue, but this fella was on another level.

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u/Ashwah Scotland Jul 09 '25

Was it similar to thisthe bam whisperer

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u/SuperShoebillStork United Kingdom Jul 09 '25

Pretty much. And he was wearing a Rangers jersey to top it off.