The Slavic Thread!

[Shofercia]

I am Polish
I speak Polish

Well, I am a Serb and not surprisingly, I speak Serbian, English, Sokhumi T'skara, Spanish, and a little Hungarian.

What's Sokhumi T'skara?

[Abasha]

Well, I am a Serb and not surprisingly, I speak Serbian, English, Sokhumi T'skara, Spanish, and a little Hungarian.

What's Sokhumi T'skara?

It is a constructed langauge that I am fluent in. Some 50 or so people speak it fluently in the world I believe, but Reza is the creator of it and is working on teaching it to more people, making it better, and getting it officially recognized. Other than that I don't know much about it or its history, but Reza taught it to me in high school years ago.

[Shofercia]

What's Sokhumi T'skara?

It is a constructed langauge that I am fluent in. Some 50 or so people speak it fluently in the world I believe, but Reza is the creator of it and is working on teaching it to more people, making it better, and getting it officially recognized. Other than that I don't know much about it or its history, but Reza taught it to me in high school years ago.

That's really fascinating! Speaking of CLs, what do you think about Slovio?

[Abasha]

It is a constructed langauge that I am fluent in. Some 50 or so people speak it fluently in the world I believe, but Reza is the creator of it and is working on teaching it to more people, making it better, and getting it officially recognized. Other than that I don't know much about it or its history, but Reza taught it to me in high school years ago.

That's really fascinating! Speaking of CLs, what do you think about Slovio?

I have never heard of Slovio, but isn't it the langauge that supposedly most or all Slavs can speak? If you are interested in Sokhumi T'sakra you should message Reza, he enjoys telling people about his linguistic ventures and such.

Here is what I know, it is written in a modified unicameral Georgian script with influences from English, Armenian, Serbian (yeah, I helped), Arabic, Hungarian, and just plain creativity. We speak in it on the phone.

For example, to tell someone hello and ask how they are doing and what's up, you would say this: Zdrava! Qiv hinja lusaka? Wadi te ynker?

A response might be this: Xa, zdrava ynker! Tari ardashin dobra, skartvelo?

Where I said (Hello friend! I am doing good, and you?)

[Shofercia]

That's really fascinating! Speaking of CLs, what do you think about Slovio?

I have never heard of Slovio, but isn't it the langauge that supposedly most or all Slavs can speak? If you are interested in Sokhumi T'sakra you should message Reza, he enjoys telling people about his linguistic ventures and such.

Here is what I know, it is written in a modified unicameral Georgian script with influences from English, Armenian, Serbian (yeah, I helped), Arabic, Hungarian, and just plain creativity. We speak in it on the phone.

For example, to tell someone hello and ask how they are doing and what's up, you would say this: Zdrava! Qiv hinja lusaka? Wadi te ynker?

A response might be this: Xa, zdrava ynker! Tari ardashin dobra, skartvelo?

Where I said (Hello friend! I am doing good, and you?)

Yep. Slovio's awesome. And it counts as another language for me

In terms of Sokhumi T'sakra, that sounds like a nice fusion, thank you

[DrakoLand]

Wouldn't Slovio and all that jazz only look as means of assimulating the native population into a bigger on and viewed as a thread to the nation's sovereignty?

[Shofercia]

Wouldn't Slovio and all that jazz only look as means of assimulating the native population into a bigger on and viewed as a thread to the nation's sovereignty?

Nope, it's simply a Slavic way to communicate, and understand our languages better. Is English usually a threat to National Sovereignty?

[EUstan]

Does anybody want to post a slavic song?

I will start: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-af42VQBFY

[Risottia]

Does anybody want to post a slavic song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwgAOYlpzAc

[DrakoLand]

Wouldn't Slovio and all that jazz only look as means of assimulating the native population into a bigger on and viewed as a thread to the nation's sovereignty?

Nope, it's simply a Slavic way to communicate, and understand our languages better. Is English usually a threat to National Sovereignty?

Is England a country with a pan-slavic agenda for 2 centuries now?

[Shofercia]

Nope, it's simply a Slavic way to communicate, and understand our languages better. Is English usually a threat to National Sovereignty?

Is England a country with a pan-slavic agenda for 2 centuries now?

Modern Pan-Slavism doesn't have all Slavs living in the same country, since we all know how well that turned out...

We're awesome people Drako, some of the best out there, but our politicians...

[Slovenya]

Nation Name: The Queendom of Slovenya
Nation Link: http://www.nationstates.net/nation=slovenya
Nationality: Bosnian
Your views on Pan-Slavism: if it gets everyone to just get along then I'm all for it
Your views on Slavic Countries: beautiful and chaotic at the same time
Your views on Slavic Governments: plenty of room for improvement on all sides
Languages that you speak: Bosnian/Serbian, Spanish, English, some German
Which country/state do you live in: Florida, USA
Where were you born: Venezuela
Your favorite thing about Slavic Culture: music!
Favorite book/author/movie/music/etc: big Star Wars fan!

[The North Polish Union]

Is England a country with a pan-slavic agenda for 2 centuries now?

Modern Pan-Slavism doesn't have all Slavs living in the same country, since we all know how well that turned out...

We're awesome people Drako, some of the best out there, but our politicians...

Eh, there's nothing there that can't be solved with copious amounts of alcohol..,

[Shofercia]

Modern Pan-Slavism doesn't have all Slavs living in the same country, since we all know how well that turned out...

We're awesome people Drako, some of the best out there, but our politicians...

Eh, there's nothing there that can't be solved with copious amounts of alcohol..,

Wrong! There's not enough booze on Earth to solve the problem of the YeltSIN government

[Neo Rome Republic]

As a Slav myself, I'm curious to know what ideological views the majority of our demograph hold, and what is currently trending? Is our ethnic group comprised mostly those of a Leftist or Rightist view? Are the majority of us Socially Conservative or Liberal? Is our demograph mainly Religious or not? Are we big on nationalism, etc. Things like that. Any ideas?

[Shofercia]

As a Slav myself, I'm curious to know what ideological views the majority of our demograph hold, and what is currently trending? Is our ethnic group comprised mostly those of a Leftist or Rightist view? Are the majority of us Socially Conservative or Liberal? Is our demograph mainly Religious or not? Are we big on nationalism, etc. Things like that. Any ideas?

Having babies is important, the more, the better. Ladies, I'm single

We're mostly for Socialist Values, such as Universal Healthcare, Social Security, free Education, etc. But we're also fearful of the central government becoming too powerful, so we're against centralization, as much as possible. In terms of religion, the top choices are Orthodox Christianity, Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam and Agnosticism. Those five would account for at least 80 percent of all Slavs. In terms of Nationalism, not really, at least not as much as the media hypes. Slavic Nationalism stems from fear that X or Y entity will control our Governments, and that said entity will be more powerful; again this goes towards the fear that the Central Government will be too far, and won't give a fuck about the population.

This isn't too surprising, considering our history. We Honor our War Veterans, and understand that the elderly and young need guidance and assistance. Religion too stems from the initial settlements, the Great Schism, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire's wars with the Ottoman Empire. Agnosticism is basically a movement away from religion, for fear that religion would assist the centralized government. In terms of leadership, ours sucked. Putin's the best, so that pretty much tells you about how "stellar" our leadership is. Hence the fear against Centralization.

Modern Pan-Slavism is for religious tolerance, (only option when taking the religions of Slavs into account,) against too much Centralization, and for Socialist Values. It's generally anti-EU, again, due to the fear of Centralization, which people who have been ruled by... you know who, are justified in having. Austerity isn't helping. One of the ongoing debates is whether to vote in the EU elections or not. I'd say vote for the Socialist Parties, so at least the austerity will be checked, and go from there, but that's just a single opinion.

Considering that I'm talking about hundreds of millions of people, these are very broad generalizations. Hope they help! Are you surprised by any of them?

[Shofercia]

Nation Name: The Queendom of Slovenya
Nation Link: http://www.nationstates.net/nation=slovenya
Nationality: Bosnian
Your views on Pan-Slavism: if it gets everyone to just get along then I'm all for it
Your views on Slavic Countries: beautiful and chaotic at the same time
Your views on Slavic Governments: plenty of room for improvement on all sides
Languages that you speak: Bosnian/Serbian, Spanish, English, some German
Which country/state do you live in: Florida, USA
Where were you born: Venezuela
Your favorite thing about Slavic Culture: music!
Favorite book/author/movie/music/etc: big Star Wars fan!

Welcome! Damn, that's quite a bit of a linguistic mix. How'd you start out in Venezuela, and end up in the US? What type of music do you like? And who's your favorite Jedi Knight?

[Neo Rome Republic]

As a Slav myself, I'm curious to know what ideological views the majority of our demograph hold, and what is currently trending? Is our ethnic group comprised mostly those of a Leftist or Rightist view? Are the majority of us Socially Conservative or Liberal? Is our demograph mainly Religious or not? Are we big on nationalism, etc. Things like that. Any ideas?

Having babies is important, the more, the better. Ladies, I'm single

We're mostly for Socialist Values, such as Universal Healthcare, Social Security, free Education, etc. But we're also fearful of the central government becoming too powerful, so we're against centralization, as much as possible. In terms of religion, the top choices are Orthodox Christianity, Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam and Agnosticism. Those five would account for at least 80 percent of all Slavs. In terms of Nationalism, not really, at least not as much as the media hypes. Slavic Nationalism stems from fear that X or Y entity will control our Governments, and that said entity will be more powerful; again this goes towards the fear that the Central Government will be too far, and won't give a fuck about the population.

This isn't too surprising, considering our history. We Honor our War Veterans, and understand that the elderly and young need guidance and assistance. Religion too stems from the initial settlements, the Great Schism, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire's wars with the Ottoman Empire. Agnosticism is basically a movement away from religion, for fear that religion would assist the centralized government. In terms of leadership, ours sucked. Putin's the best, so that pretty much tells you about how "stellar" our leadership is. Hence the fear against Centralization.

Modern Pan-Slavism is for religious tolerance, (only option when taking the religions of Slavs into account,) against too much Centralization, and for Socialist Values. It's generally anti-EU, again, due to the fear of Centralization, which people who have been ruled by... you know who, are justified in having. Austerity isn't helping. One of the ongoing debates is whether to vote in the EU elections or not. I'd say vote for the Socialist Parties, so at least the austerity will be checked, and go from there, but that's just a single opinion.

Considering that I'm talking about hundreds of millions of people, these are very broad generalizations. Hope they help! Are you surprised by any of them?

Not really, the political stances you have described were kinda what I'd expected.
Although, I had red that the main Religious choices for Slavs were Christianity, Islam, Atheism, and Slavic Neo-Paganism.

[Shofercia]

Having babies is important, the more, the better. Ladies, I'm single

We're mostly for Socialist Values, such as Universal Healthcare, Social Security, free Education, etc. But we're also fearful of the central government becoming too powerful, so we're against centralization, as much as possible. In terms of religion, the top choices are Orthodox Christianity, Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam and Agnosticism. Those five would account for at least 80 percent of all Slavs. In terms of Nationalism, not really, at least not as much as the media hypes. Slavic Nationalism stems from fear that X or Y entity will control our Governments, and that said entity will be more powerful; again this goes towards the fear that the Central Government will be too far, and won't give a fuck about the population.

This isn't too surprising, considering our history. We Honor our War Veterans, and understand that the elderly and young need guidance and assistance. Religion too stems from the initial settlements, the Great Schism, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire's wars with the Ottoman Empire. Agnosticism is basically a movement away from religion, for fear that religion would assist the centralized government. In terms of leadership, ours sucked. Putin's the best, so that pretty much tells you about how "stellar" our leadership is. Hence the fear against Centralization.

Modern Pan-Slavism is for religious tolerance, (only option when taking the religions of Slavs into account,) against too much Centralization, and for Socialist Values. It's generally anti-EU, again, due to the fear of Centralization, which people who have been ruled by... you know who, are justified in having. Austerity isn't helping. One of the ongoing debates is whether to vote in the EU elections or not. I'd say vote for the Socialist Parties, so at least the austerity will be checked, and go from there, but that's just a single opinion.

Considering that I'm talking about hundreds of millions of people, these are very broad generalizations. Hope they help! Are you surprised by any of them?

Not really, the political stances you have described were kinda what I'd expected.
Although, I had red that the main Religious choices for Slavs were Christianity, Islam, Atheism, and Slavic Neo-Paganism.

I stated Agnosticism instead of Atheism. Could've said Agnostic-Atheism. As for Neo-Paganism, I'm just not seeing it as a major force. Maybe one day it will be, but for now, it's small when compared to roughly 325 million Slavs.

[Neo Rome Republic]

Not really, the political stances you have described were kinda what I'd expected.
Although, I had red that the main Religious choices for Slavs were Christianity, Islam, Atheism, and Slavic Neo-Paganism.

I stated Agnosticism instead of Atheism. Could've said Agnostic-Atheism. As for Neo-Paganism, I'm just not seeing it as a major force. Maybe one day it will be, but for now, it's small when compared to roughly 325 million Slavs.

Ah, okay then.

[The North Polish Union]

Eh, there's nothing there that can't be solved with copious amounts of alcohol..,

Wrong! There's not enough booze on Earth to solve the problem of the YeltSIN government

If you'll finally agree that Russians aren't Slavs, that problem will go away instantly.

[Shofercia]

Wrong! There's not enough booze on Earth to solve the problem of the YeltSIN government

If you'll finally agree that Russians aren't Slavs, that problem will go away instantly.

After reading that post, I finally understood why Poland cannot into space.

RUSSIANS = RUSSES + SLAVS

[EUstan]

Does anybody want to post a slavic song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwgAOYlpzAc

I prefer Massimo Savić over Jasmin Stavros. But yeah he is also nice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xy7l0j9L7g

[Slovenya]

Welcome! Damn, that's quite a bit of a linguistic mix. How'd you start out in Venezuela, and end up in the US? What type of music do you like? And who's your favorite Jedi Knight?

Thanks for the welcome! My parents fled Bijeljina in the 90s to escape the massacres, got jobs in Venezuela had me and eventually they ended up getting visas to the US and tada lol. I'm really into Metric, awesome band! And like secret garden and electronic music too. My favorite Jedi would definitely have to be quigon jinn cause tbh he was the best Jedi lol, most people think the opposite

[Polski Swiety Imperium]

What's Sokhumi T'skara?

It is a constructed langauge that I am fluent in. Some 50 or so people speak it fluently in the world I believe, but Reza is the creator of it and is working on teaching it to more people, making it better, and getting it officially recognized. Other than that I don't know much about it or its history, but Reza taught it to me in high school years ago.

Who's reza?