Dialect comparison

Griko vs Tsakonian

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

Griko

Italiot 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°
Tsakonian

Tsakonika

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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