Dialect comparisonGriko vs Tsakonian
Compare two dialects of Greek side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.
GrikoItaliot Greek · Salentino Greek
The Greek of southern Italy, spoken in two enclaves in Salento and Calabria. A direct descendant of the Magna Graecia varieties; one of the oldest continuously-spoken Greek varieties outside Greece.
- Approximate centre
- 40.35°, 18.17°
TsakonianTsakonika
The only living descendant of ancient Doric Greek, spoken in a few villages of the Peloponnese around Leonidio. Critically endangered; structurally distinct from all other Greek varieties, which descend from Attic-Ionic.
- Approximate centre
- 37.16°, 22.85°
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