Can You Tell the Difference between the Russian- and Ukrainian-Languages?
@mythociate (21432)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
April 3, 2022 7:52am CST
I was watching VICE News interview a Ukrainian citizen (or maybe a Ukrainian refugee), and the interviewer commented that the interviewee was speaking Russian and not Ukrainian.
I'm like, 'Really? There's a difference?' Yes. https://blog.duolingo.com/ukraine-language/ And--the way DuoLingo describes it--it's a lot like the difference between apes & chimps ... they both started as the same language (linguists call Proto-Slavic).
Can you tell the difference (if you're not a native speaker of either language)?
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@snowy22315 (182193)
• United States
3 Apr 22
No, but I am sure there are similarities and differences in all those slavic languages. Sort of like the similarities and differences in the Romance languages.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
3 Apr 22
@mythociate What is your definition of "Redneck & Hick"?
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
3 Apr 22
@CarolDM 
! (you forgot the !) ... basically two versions of the same 'language' ... there's also Yokel, Hillbilly, Country-boy (or -girl), Cowboy (or -girl), Rodeo Clown, Bullrider, Pickup Truck Driver ... and probably a few I'm forgetting (maybe Okie, Texies, Sippians, Bamans, i dunno)
! (you forgot the !) ... basically two versions of the same 'language' ... there's also Yokel, Hillbilly, Country-boy (or -girl), Cowboy (or -girl), Rodeo Clown, Bullrider, Pickup Truck Driver ... and probably a few I'm forgetting (maybe Okie, Texies, Sippians, Bamans, i dunno) 1 person likes this
