Re: Pan-Slavic Language


Eugene Holman wrote:
In article <V6jTf.742$qX6.20411@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "«Pas de deux»"
<kamouraska3@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

<deletions>

You miss the point. Yes, it is an intellectual exercise. Christ, as a
Slav yourself you ought to understand their desire to speak among
themselves without resorting to English.

That is why I suggest Bulgarian. It has none of the grammatical
complexities of the other Slavic languages (although its verbs can be a
pain in the neck if you really want to master every nuance), but is
lexically as Slavic as a language can be. I've never studied it formally,
but, knowing Russian, I had no difficulty understanding it or making
myself understood the first time I visited Bulgaria.

Bulgarian is contemporary commmon Slavic and Church Slavonic lexicon with
an English-type analytical grammar. A cool language spoken by a very
*simpatico* people.

Regards,
Eugene Holman

For me Bulgarian is easily readable on basis of Russian, but spoken
language is hard to understand.

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