Submitted 4 days ago by NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com to [deleted]
I say “recently” in a relative way, more so countries that have split in the last century. Places like North and South Korea, Taiwan and China, former USSR states, etc.
Has enough time passed that these countries separated have major changes in their languages yet?
My parents emigrated in the late 1950s. After the Berlin Wall came down, they returned to Germany as tourists and noticed that former East Germans spoke a noticeably different dialect to West Germans, my father said it was similar to the difference between British English and North American English, but the change had come in only about 30 years.
former East Germans spoke a noticeably different dialect to West Germans
With my limited German knowledge, They are pretty liberal regarding local dialect. People do not speak the same language in Cologne, Stuttgart, or Munich, and at least as a foreign-speaker, it’s not because you understand the people in Stuttgart that you understand the one in Kȯln. Let alone Switzerland. So I am not surprised that German spoken in east-germany sounds different.
It is true that here in Germany Eastern and Western accents differ, however, also in between the Western or in between the Eastern accents you have quite some difference.
On the other hand I would also say that most Eastern accents share a common undertone, more so than the Western ones.
Many former USSR states had their own languages before the union, and have culturally shifted to be more aligned with the west
A few of the stans switched (back?) to a Latin alphabet at the fall of the USSR. Kazakhstan is in the process of doing the same.
Members of the USSR were sovereign nations invaded by Russia, with most cultures not even Slavic and in no way related to Russian. Erasing their identity so casually makes my blood boil.
jeena@piefed.jeena.net 4 days ago
Taiwan and China have different writing systems.
South Korea has a huge amount of English words in it's language while North Korea doesn't at all.
hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Also there’s a big ass wall around north korea.
Sry someone had to say it :)
jeena@piefed.jeena.net 4 days ago
The title doesn't say it but in the text they're asking for changes in the languages ;)
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 4 days ago
They’re not THAT different. In fact, they both used to use the same system, but mainland China simplified a bunch of characters to combat illiteracy and make writing easier while Taiwan did not. The pronunciation did not change however and they can still understand each other.