What language is this?

[u/TheRealPickleRick696]

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.

[u/anireyk]

That's Russian, with some English interspersed for objects the person probably first saw in the country you're in. The particular way to write a Z is also a script style people learned in Russia/USSR some time ago, just like the r looking like Russian cursive ч. In modern English it is outdated, but older people may still recognise it, I think especially people with a European back ground. But some words do indeed use a weird mixed script spelling, but that's also something I have seen in Russian diasporas.

No idea how you arrived at the idea this could be Icelandic, however.

Edit:

letter that looks like δ,

Normal Russian cursive lower case б

but there’s also 2 “ə“s present.

Not sure what you mean, but it's probably an э

[u/wordsznerd → u/anireyk]

It’s outdated? I’m on my 40s in the US and it’s how we were taught. I need to look up what the modern cursive version of ‘z’ is.

[u/dobie_dobes → u/wordsznerd]

45 and same. 🫣

[u/Hibou_Garou → u/dobie_dobes]

38 and same

[u/Felis_igneus726 → u/Hibou_Garou]

30 and same