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Surzhyk
Surzhyk
See also: surzhyk
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Surzhyk
- A pidgin language or interlanguage combining elements of Russian and Ukrainian, spoken mainly in Ukraine but also some neighbouring regions in Russia (Kursk, Voronezh and Belgorod) or Ukrainians living in Russia. It can be compared with Balachka - a Russian-Ukrainian mixed language spoken by Don and Kuban Cossacks in the South of the European Russia.
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