help with identifying a language/dialect

Svetlana Grenier greniers at GEORGETOWN.EDU
Tue Mar 25 20:38:31 UTC 2014


Dimmi Bu Jou sounds like a Romance language.  Could it be something from
Moldavia, which I think has a mix of Slavic and Romance roots?


On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Elena Gapova <e.gapova at gmail.com> wrote:

> Looks like Belarusian-Lithuanian-Polish to me.
> Most probably, a mix from "Vilenski krai."
>
> Elena Gapova
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> On 25 March 2014 15:01, Katya Burvikova <seacoastrussian at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> Dear Seelangers,
>>
>> Need some help with an undefined dialect. There is a woman with Alzheimer
>> who started to speak her home language. Her husband took notes of what he
>> hears and he'd like to know what language is it:
>> Aiyaki= Very
>>
>> Aiyaki Dobra = Very Good
>>
>> Zureba = Dog
>>
>> Geniru = Thank you
>>
>> Dimmi Bu Jou = Give me a kiss
>>
>> Dobra Nitz = Good Morning  (more likely good night)
>>
>> Yatkim = Hello
>>
>> What language/dialect can it be?
>>
>> thanks a lot,
>> Katya Burvikova
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