Currently working to finalize the Atlas of the Balkan Linguistic Area. Here’s a sneak peek 👀 for
*hayde* a word of Turkish origin meaning ‘c’mon!’
You can see in the map it’s present in several languages and dialects in the Balkans and its eastern periphery.
Speakers of various languages from Italy and under Italian cultural influence are alone in not using the Turkish-origin exhortative, indicating the westernmost limits of the Balkan cultural area.





