Odesan Russian (Russian: Одесский язык, romanized: Odessky yazyk, lit. 'Odesan language' is a vernacular contact variety of the Russian language originated in and around the city of Odesa, Ukraine. It is characterized by significant substrates of Ukrainian and Yiddish, as well as Polish, with lexical borrowings French, Greek, and Turkish – coming from the interactions of the notable ethnicities of Odesan residents.
Odesan Russian (Russian: Одесский язык, romanized: Odessky yazyk, lit. 'Odesan language' is a vernacular contact variety of the Russian language originated in and around the city of Odesa, Ukraine. It is characterized by significant substrates of Ukrainian and Yiddish, as well as Polish, with lexical borrowings French, Greek, and Turkish – coming from the interactions of the notable ethnicities of Odesan residents.
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