Do you guys understand Romanian Cyrillic?

[ixulescu]

This text in particular is quite difficult, but looking up some texts online with printed letters I can read most of it.

I agree, handwriting adds difficulty - but not only that, handwriting is a bit different from printed letters in the case of this alphabet, in the sense that one character can be Cyrillic in print and Latin in cursive.



This is printed text in Romanian from 16th century





and this is handwriting from 16th century

[Dušan]

I agree, handwriting adds difficulty - but not only that, handwriting is a bit different from printed letters in the case of this alphabet, in the sense that one character can be Cyrillic in print and Latin in cursive.



This is printed text in Romanian from 16th century

These letters are recognizable 70-80%.

[ixulescu]

I could recognize about 40% of letters.

What is attitude in Romania toward cyrillic script?
It was part of your history and identity, in my opinion you should revive it a bit.

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Well, the writing looks cool, handwriting even more so, but it's not well suited to Romanian. Latin alphabet is far simpler.

[Dušan]

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Well, the writing looks cool, handwriting even more so, but it's not well suited to Romanian. Latin alphabet is far simpler.

Yes, it is understandable that Latin alphabet is simpler since Romanian language belongs to Latin language family.

One interesting fact: Serbian cyrilic letter Џ is borrowed from that former Romanian cyrilic alphabet.

No other cyrillic alphabet (Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Russian) have this letter except Serbian.

[ixulescu]

Yes, it is understandable that Latin alphabet is simpler since Romanian language belongs to Latin language family.

One interesting fact: Serbian cyrilic letter Џ is borrowed from that former Romanian cyrilic alphabet.

No other cyrillic alphabet (Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Russian) have this letter except Serbian.

Interesting, do you still use this letter? or you have a modern equivalent for it?

[Dušan]

Interesting, do you still use this letter? or you have a modern equivalent for it?

Yes, of course we use it.

Thats this letter: https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ge_(chirilic)

[ixulescu]

Yes, of course we use it.

Thats this letter: https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ge_(chirilic)

just out of curiousity, do you read these letters the same way?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzhe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dje

[Dušan]

just out of curiousity, do you read these letters the same way?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzhe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dje

No, they sounds different.

Џ џ pronounce like "dž", d͡ʒ

Ђ ђ pronounce like "dj", dʑ

It is interesting that one large part of Croats and even Bosnian Muslims dont know to recognize that difference and pronounce it correctly.
So, there is a joke - how to recognize Croat among Serbs? He cannot distinguish and pronounce correctly Џ and Ђ, as well as Ч and Ћ.

[Castor]

Romanians, the only nation in Balkan that i respect.

[JosephK]

Romanians, the only nation in Balkan that i respect.

What an odd thing to say... Especially for a Serb.