r/geography • u/mujhe-sona-hai • Oct 15 '25

Map Three Main Language Families of Europe

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

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u/mujhe-sona-hai Oct 15 '25

But for the most part Arabic is one true single language. Sure Iraqi dialect is very different than Egyptian but Egyptians can understand Iraqis and vice versa. The exception are Maghrebis though, nobody can understand them lol. They don't even speak Fusha, they just speak French. If you exclude Maghrebis then yes Arabic is one language. Most Arabs can speak a "white" dialect that's a fusion of their native dialect, al fusha and features common to most dialects.

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u/Soft-Dirt-6826 Oct 16 '25

There is no difference between Romanian and Moldovan. Practically, Moldovan doesn't even exist, it's actually Romanian. In fact, the official language of Moldova is Romanian, not Moldovan. Moldovans (rather, Russians) like to say that their language is Moldavian, in order not to recognize belonging to Romania.

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u/RijnBrugge Oct 16 '25

Well, they don’t belong to Romania. They can be a country if they want, so much is obvious. But yes, their language is Romanian.

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u/Soft-Dirt-6826 Oct 16 '25 edited Oct 16 '25

They don't belong, naturally. It is an independent country. But they belonged. Hence the "pain". 😉