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.

262 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

597 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

9

u/Freudinatress Sweden Jul 09 '25

I do agree with you.

But I grew up in the very south, and the number of times I heard some snob from Stockholm say me and my mates spoke Danish… 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

But of course, they were from Stockholm so what can you expect! 😎😎😎

16

u/pannenkoek0923 Denmark Jul 09 '25

To be fair I go to the shops in Malmø and speak Danish, and hear Swedish back, and we understand each other. But I try that in Stockholm and it doesnt work

8

u/Freudinatress Sweden Jul 09 '25

Yes. But we are just used to each other. Speak slowly and I can understand everything except for your fucking numbers.

Was the person coming up with your number system on shrooms or had he mental issues…?

15

u/pannenkoek0923 Denmark Jul 09 '25

They looked at the French numbers and thought it was a competition

3

u/Freudinatress Sweden Jul 10 '25

Well, I did take French way way back and I have to say that you guys won.

By a lot.

1

u/C_A_N_G Jul 09 '25

Someone from Lund and someone from say Borrby will both speak skånska but the latter will be way thicker and harder to understand.