- Tsakonian Greek - Wikipedia
Tsakonian or Tsaconian (also Tzakonian or Tsakonic, Greek: τσακωνικά, η τσακωνική διάλεκτος and Tsakonian: τσακώνικα, α τσακώνικα γρούσσα) is a highly divergent modern variety of Greek, spoken in the Tsakonian region of the Peloponnese, Greece
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Tsakonian is traditionally divided into three main dialects: Northern, Southern, and Propontis Each dialect has its own unique features and variations, but all share the common Doric roots that distinguish Tsakonian from other Greek varieties
- Tsakonian language, alphabet and pronunciation - Omniglot
Tsakonian is a variety of Greek spoken in the Tsakonian region of the Peloponnese in Greece It is derived from Doric Greek, and is mutually unintelligible with Standard Modern Greek A few hundred people, most of whom are elderly, speak Tsakonian fluently, and more people speak it less well
- Tsakonika: Defying the Odds, a Spartan Dialect Endures
Greece, the home of one the oldest civilizations on the globe, is blessed with thousands of priceless monuments But perhaps no physical structure anywhere is as important as the living monument of a spoken language, Tsakonika, that originates directly from the ancient world of Greece
- Reviving the Tsakonian Language and Identity - tovima. com
In a cluster of villages in the rugged mountains of Arcadia in the Peloponnese, echoes of an ancient language can still be heard This dialect, known as Tsakonika or Tsakonian, is one of the oldest living languages in the world, its roots tracing back to the time of King Leonidas of Sparta
- Tsakonian dialect - Explore South Kynouria
It is spoken in the Tsakonian region of the Peloponnese, Greece Tsakonian descends from Doric, which was an Ancient Greek language on the Western branch of Hellenic languages, and it is its only living descendan (along with the debatable Maniot dialect of Modern Greek)
- Tsakonic Language | Discover Kynouria
Tsakonian is the oldest spoken Greek language with origins in the ancient Doric dialect that did not follow the Common Alexandrian dialect as it happened in the rest of Greece around the 3rd century BC This is mainly due to the inaccessible and remote area of its inhabitants
- Tsakonian Is the Only Current Greek Language That Derives from the One . . .
Although it is officially considered a dialect, Tsakonian is a divergent variety of Greek frequently classified as a separate language, as it is not intelligible to speakers of standard Modern Greek Today, it is spoken in a small mountainous area in the interior of the eastern coast of the Pelop
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