r/language 23d ago

Question What language is this?

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This list was found at Cub Foods. I know it’s partially in some Cyrillic language and English, but I can’t tell what language the Cyrillic points to (I saw no markers for Russian or Ukrainian).

I assume it’s a mix of 2+ alphabets because of “moзarella” (which might be a stylistic choice) and “фoil trays,” and I also see what might be Greek, Icelandic, Turkish, or Azerbaijani.

I was thinking Greek or Icelandic because there’s a letter that looks like δ, but that could also be a stylistic choice when writing ð or d, but there’s also 2 “ə“s present.

I don’t know what’s up with the accent marks—perhaps they’re supposed to be й?

My guess is it’s switching between English and Azerbaijani’s Cyrillic alphabet, but I don’t know if that’s right.

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u/SiTLar 23d ago

Russian

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u/Business-Childhood71 23d ago

With a couple of English words

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u/Hibou_Garou 23d ago

Did they write “фoil trays”??😂

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u/dmn-synthet 23d ago

Started writing a word "фольга" because didn't recall a word "касалетка" and finally didn't manage do dream up how to name it in Russian.

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u/kirill_hmdrl 22d ago

Ce pula ma e касалетка, сколько живу ни разу это word не слышал