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Pannonian Rusyn
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The Pannonian Rusyn language (also known as Bačka Rusyn, Bačka-Syrmia Rusyn, Vojvodinian Rusyn, Yugoslavian Rusyn, or South Rusyn language) is a Slavic microlanguage probably of East Slovak origin, spoken by circa 13,000 people in the province of Vojvodina in Serbia and in adjacent parts of Croatia as well. Pannonian Rusyn is the language of Greek Catholic settlers – Rusnaks – who had come from the …

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Habijanec, Siniša, “Pannonian Rusyn”, in: Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online, Editor-in-Chief General Editor Marc L. Greenberg, Lenore A. Grenoble. Consulted online on 07 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2589-6229_ESLO_COM_031961>
First published online: 2020



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