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Originally Posted by agamemnon
Monolith what are the diferences between Fyromians and the rest of the Slavs?If there are any.
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The differences do exist, and I'll try to explain them in further text.
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Secondly about their appearance, do they look any different from the rest of the slavs?
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First of all, one has to understand that Slavic speaking peoples are very heterogeneous in appearance, so we cannot speak about common Slavic appearance or race. They all look different to some extent, but there are also certain similarities. Russians are different than Croats, Croats are different than Macedonians etc. But the differences are in the "overall" appearance as a result of Slavic absorption(and assimilation) of different indigenous peoples, and there are certain similarities, resulting from common Slavic ancestors.
Look at this man, for example:
His name is Nikola Gruevski, and he's the prime minister of Republic of Macedonia. If you didn't know about him, and saw him on the street, would you ever say that he is a Slav?
I am not implying that every single Macedonian looks like him, but his appearance is common in the Republic of Macedonia.
And look at this man:
I'm sure you know who he is. And his look is common in his home country. Both of them belong to the Slavic speaking nations, but the differences are obvious.
Important note: pictures are used solely to illustrate the differences.
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And when iam talking about diferences i mean first of all their language. I know that it is like bulgarian but would a serb or croat understand their language?
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The languages are intelligible to some degree. I can understand most of their language if they speak slowly.
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Thirdly about their way of life is it different also?Their culture?
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I wouldn't know about their way of life, but I know that every Slavic people has its own culture, and Macedonians are not an exception.
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Iam asking all that to understand what drives to be independant and not to unite with the serbs or the bulgarians.
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Simple.Because they are not Serbs nor the Bulgarians.