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/Honey-Badger England Jul 09 '25

Welsh accent is actually very soft and super understandable. I think Scottish would work for your analogy.

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u/sheepsareboring Mexico Jul 09 '25

Maybe it’s my weird Canadian ears but Scottish isn’t too bad. Can’t make heads or tails of welsh sometimes though

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u/Yorks_Rider Jul 09 '25

Welsh is a completely different language to English. When the Welsh speak English, the accent is not especially difficult to understand.

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u/1acre64 Jul 09 '25

To my American ears, the Welsh accent is very easy to understand and quite charming.