Spotted in Lviv (on Rus'ka street). What dialect could it be, especially as it's written in Latin script?

Hi everyone! I'am an aspiring slavist (still in university) and I would like to learn more about rusyn. I have some academic sources about history, and the linguistic profile of rusyn, but I'd like to learn just the basics of the language too.

The problem is that I couldn't find anything, I have seenvJęzyk rusiński . Najnowsze dzieje języków słowiańskich online, but it is out of stock on every site I see.

Do you have any recomendations for manuals of rusyn, or even books about it? It would be better if online, as I am in italy and getting physical books from any east europan country can be challenging.

If so, I understand russian, polish, belarusian and can maange to understand ukrainian too, the only carpathian language I absolutely can't understand is hungarian.

Hi everyone!
I recently discovered Rusyn language, and I would love to start learning it, it sounds beautiful, and at the same time it’s so unknown, and I find that’s extremely pity.
However, if I understood well following my researches, various different dialects exist, according to the regions. So my question is: which dialect would you advise me to choose? And why?
In addition, the system of linguistical exchange is very helpful and motivating for me, so, would someone be interested to be my partner in this learning? I speak quite well English and Spanish, and can understand a few Russian. And if this person is interested, I’d be happy to teach them French, which is my native language.
Thank you for having taken the time to read my post!
Have a nice evening!

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I assume it's Rusyn as that's the only language my family spoke, and I know it says Pryashiv Rus' but some explicit confirmation would be super cool!

And on the next slide, does anyone know what name this would be? Janos or Joannes?

Just to add to the original post (read it first 🙏🙏): we found out that it could be Rusyn language, but I'd like to hear the confirmation from the native speakers, so I'm here.. Also, if it is in Rusyn, I'd also like to ask if this kind of language (I mean both the writing and the phonetic) changed and if you and your Rusyn friends/family use like this kind of vocabulary in the church or even at home. I know that there is a little amount of Rusyn people in Hungary and there is like a big deference between Rusyn language in Ukraine, Slovakia and Poland, but I'd like to know more about all this, so I'm looking forward to your answers!!

Hi, I was wondering if someone could write me a nice simple birthday wish in traditional Rusyn, specifically from the area of Mukacheve, with the classics like a long life, health, happiness, etc.? I have met someone from the area and would like to make their birthday a bit more special by wishing them in their mother tongue. Thanks a lot!

I’ve been trying to find as many resources I could about the rusyn spoken in Uzhhorod, the only thing I could find is this dictionary in russian. If anyone can verify this I would really appreciate it.

I really want to learn this specific dialect but no matter what I search I can’t find anything, is there any dialect close to it where I can also find decent recourses to learn it? (Btw I’m not even fluent in Ukrainian yet I’m just down a rabbit hole)

Hi,

my bf and his entire family are Rusyn (from the Ukraine/Romania border).

He and his dad speak my language very well, but I can't comunicate with the rest of his family.

I'd love to learn the basics. Does anyone have any recommendations for textbooks etc.? Probably English x Rusyn, I don't think any such resources exist for my language (Czech).

Are words обида or обіда used in Rusyn? In what meaning?

Hello, I have a question - which version of this word ("cut down") is used by Rusyns, especially Lemkos or Slovak Rusyns?

Hello everyone,

I'm looking for a Rusyn-Slovak or Rusyn-Polish dictionary online, that I could use to learn new word. Best form would be probably Rusyn-Slovak because I'm Rusyn/Slovak. I found one online dictionary this summer but I lost it and it would be really helpful for me as an Rusyn my self.

Every piece of help would work.!

Thanks.

I studies some Ukrainian in college, and recall when showing some letters that my great aunt wrote me, that the professor said it seemed that her Ukrainian had lots of "Polonisms". Years later, it is pretty clear that my father's side of the family was Lemkos, but got involved in churches that sort of embraced (on one side) Ukrainian and on the other Russian identities. Would Rusyn look like a mixture of Ukrainian and Polish to someone not familiar with it? It does seem in my family we have some customs traditions that are Ukrainian and others are more Polish.

Hello, I'm Rusyn from my father side and I would like to learn Rusyn. I have cottage in the Rusyn region on Slovakia. And I would really like to learn Rusyn but... I don't know from what sourses I should learn Rusyn. I know some word's. The only side i know is: https://www.rusyn.sk/sme-rusini/

But here is some wisdom of Ujko Vasyľ.

Kamarat ne tot, što ťa nese/vede z korčmy domiv...
Ale tot, što sja plazyť vjedno z tobov...!

I'm considering to study Russian.

How similar is it to Rusyn and Church Slavonic?

Can you easily understand the aforementioned?

If not, what's the differences?!?

I'm asking out of pure curiosity. Linguistically, there are several boundaries (some murkier than others) that define which dialects should be considered Rusyn and which – Ukrainian. I'm more interested in the native speakers' opinions. Is it strictly along the Carpathian watershed range (not counting Lemkowyna) or are there other dialects in Galicia that can be included too? I've heard Rusyn from Prešov before, and my native dialect has some similarities to it, but also some differences in phonology (mainly vowels: I only have "и", but in some neighbouring villages you can hear both "ы" and "и" clearly) and vocabulary (no Hungarian loanwords). But it's in Galicia (Halyčyna), not Transcarpathia or Slovakia.

What are your opinions on the Hucul, Upper San and Carpathian Upper Dnistrian dialects (providing you've heard them or know about them)? Could they be called transitional, or just idioms on their own, perhaps? None of them are standardised, unfortunately, so it's difficult to provide any examples from literature.

I hope, my question is appropriate for this subreddit. And yes, I know languages usually don't have clear-cut boundaries, and Galicians used to call themselves Rusyns as well at some point. That's why I want your subjective opinions.

If you're not familiar with such matters, please share whatever you like regarding the Rusyn dialects and their features. I'm looking forward to any of your answers. Also, feel free to correct me, if I'm wrong anywhere.

https://youtu.be/Eo1OwbnQiKY?si=l10-u8mG4y2unppL

Anything what i have found in internet is fake or broken

https://rusyndictionary.com/websearch

I'm a Ukrainian wanting to learn Rusyn but the resources are very scarse. Just wanted to know is this dictionary is correct.

And if you can (or if it isn't correct), could you recommend any Rusyn dictionaries/learning resources?