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Cappadocian Greek vs Cretan Greek

Compare two dialects of Greek side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

The Greek of inner Anatolia, isolated for centuries before the 1923 population exchange brought its speakers to Greece. Heavily Turkic-influenced; once thought extinct but rediscovered in central Greece in the 2000s.

Spoken in: Greece
Approximate centre: 39.36°, 21.92°

Cretan Greek

The Greek of Crete. The literary medium of the late-medieval Cretan Renaissance and the basis of a long oral and musical tradition.

Spoken in: Greece
Approximate centre: 35.34°, 25.14°

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DialectCappadocian GreekThe Greek of inner Anatolia, isolated for centuries before the 1923 population exchange brought its speakers to Greece. Heavily Turkic-influenced; once thought extinct but rediscovered in central Greece in the 2000s.DialectCretan GreekThe Greek of Crete. The literary medium of the late-medieval Cretan Renaissance and the basis of a long oral and musical tradition.CompareCappadocian Greek vs Cypriot Greek AtlasExplore the atlasRead the full picture of Greek and the dialects within it.