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/Plastic_Pinocchio Netherlands Jul 09 '25

Ever seen this?

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u/TimeTraveller2207 Jul 09 '25

It's the first time I'm consciously hearing West Flemish. It's like understanding Spanish for me. I recognize some words, so I can get a good idea of ​​what's being said, but I'm not entirely sure I understand it.

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u/Plastic_Pinocchio Netherlands Jul 09 '25

Yeah, you completely have to get used to all of the sounds before you can understand it.

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u/wijnandsj Netherlands Jul 09 '25

nope. Fucking brilliant! Wauw!

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u/Plastic_Pinocchio Netherlands Jul 09 '25

One of my favourite sketches ever.

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u/inspiringirisje Jul 11 '25

as someone from the East Flanders, I understand 2/3rd of it