Surzhyk
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Etymology
From Ukrainian су́ржик (súržyk) and regional Russian су́ржик (súržik, “bread made from a dough from different types of grains”).
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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.
- 2022 September 14, Valerie Hopkins, “War May Be Distant in Moscow, but in One Russian Border City, It’s Real”, in The New York Times:
- “I was waiting for them with so much happiness,” Larisa, 74, said in surzhik, a dialect that is a mixture of Ukrainian and Russian.
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