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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by DieguiTux8623@feddit.it to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works

An isogloss or a political border? 🥶🥶🥶

Cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/1728128

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[-] bstix@feddit.dk 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Bulgaria needs a third colour. I don't know what the fuck that letter is, but it isn't P nor F.

[-] DieguiTux8623@feddit.it 5 points 2 years ago

Probably it got on the red side because it is a "compound" word шамфъстък where the second part (фъстък) is similar to the languages of the eastern part.

[-] Land_Strider@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Yeah definitely that. In Turkish, for example, the actual world is Şam Fıstığı ("Fıstık" as root), with literal translation would be "Damascus Peanut").

[-] sab@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago

I think it's the equivalent to sh (as in sheep). At least it's absolutely not an F.

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