This is a linguistic question, not a political question:
Last night two people told me that Bosnians understand/speak Russian (as a second language, I suppose)...
Is this common? I may be helping with some ESL classes next week and I'd like to know for sure. I've been to the former Yugoslavia, but I was unable to communicate with anyone except in German, I think. At the time I did not know any Russian (I'm learning Russian now)...
I know there is controversy about the Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian language(s)...I'm not trying to touch on that.
Do people from the former Yugoslavia generally understand Russian as a second language? Would that be true with younger people today, or only with those who grew up in an earlier time.
Thanks,
K. T.
Last night two people told me that Bosnians understand/speak Russian (as a second language, I suppose)...
Is this common? I may be helping with some ESL classes next week and I'd like to know for sure. I've been to the former Yugoslavia, but I was unable to communicate with anyone except in German, I think. At the time I did not know any Russian (I'm learning Russian now)...
I know there is controversy about the Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian language(s)...I'm not trying to touch on that.
Do people from the former Yugoslavia generally understand Russian as a second language? Would that be true with younger people today, or only with those who grew up in an earlier time.
Thanks,
K. T.