The presence of numerous Slavs and the close contact between its citizens and the surrounding Slav communities may have given Cyril and Methodius the opportunity to acquire an intimate knowledge of the language of the southern Slavs.
म्हणजे तिथले रहिवासी ग्रीक आणि एक प्रकारची स्लॅव्हिक भाषा बोलायचे.