Odesan Russian

Odesan Russian
RegionOdesa
EthnicityVarious
Early forms
Cyrillic script (Russian alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
IETFru-u-sd-ua51
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Odesan Russian (Russian: Одесский язык, romanized: Odessky yazyk, lit. 'Odesan language') is a regional dialect of the Russian language spoken in and around the city of Odesa, Ukraine. Influenced heavily by Yiddish, Bulgarian, Turkic and Ukrainian, the Odesan dialect has been variously described by linguists as a Koiné language, a Jewish language, or a mixed language.[1] It is a staple of Odesan culture, appearing in the works of Isaac Babel and Mark Bernes, and is also a source of parts of the fenya criminal jargon.

  1. ^ Dondiuk, Mykola (1 April 2017). ""Шоб он так жил": одеська мова, схожа на джаз" ["So that it may live": the jazz-like Odesan language]. Hromadske (in Russian). Retrieved 19 July 2023.