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| 1204grandine Triglot Groupie Italy Joined 7188 days ago 88 posts - 78 votes  Speaks: Italian*, English, Catalan Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Greek | Message 1 of 11 15 November 2005 at 9:34am | IP Logged |
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Greek is spoken in Greece,Cyprus,Southern Albania and in some zones of Calabria(Bova,Roghudi,Galliciaṇ)and Apulia(Sternatia,Soleto,Castrignano dei Greci,Melpignano and other 5 towns),but once it has spoken in all Calabria and Apulia.But the Greek language spoken there is different.It is considered a Modern Greek dialect,but some linguists considere it a separate language.Many well-educated people in Reggio Calabria wants saving this language.In Calabria the language is called Grecanic or Calabrian Greek while in Apulia is Griko.Calabrian Greek is only spoken by 2000 people and Griko by 10000 people.In fact they aren't the same language,but they're intelligible each other.Most of speakers are over 50.Young people don't speak it,so it risks to disappear.Modern Greek isn't spoken,but many people study it. Edited by 1204grandine on 15 November 2005 at 9:41am 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7377 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 11 15 November 2005 at 12:29pm | IP Logged |
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Giuseppe, is it a language spoken by descendants of Greek settlors at the time of the Great Greece?
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| 1204grandine Triglot Groupie Italy Joined 7188 days ago 88 posts - 78 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, Catalan Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Greek | Message 3 of 11 15 November 2005 at 1:53pm | IP Logged |
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It's a mystery.Some linguists say it is an evolution of Ancient Greek but others say it derived bt Byzantine Greek.Many Greeks,after the Ottoman conquest,came to Calabria.I have learned it in 3 months...I'm one of the last young speakers of Calabrian Greek.
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| 1204grandine Triglot Groupie Italy Joined 7188 days ago 88 posts - 78 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, Catalan Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Greek | Message 4 of 11 15 November 2005 at 1:56pm | IP Logged |
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I'm a member of a Calabrian Greek association in Bova.
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| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7377 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 11 15 November 2005 at 2:01pm | IP Logged |
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Giuseppe, what tasks can you achieve in Calabrian Greek? Can you read books or conduct basic conversations? Is the language written or purely oral? Can you understand or read some modern Greek from your knowledge of Calabrian Greek? Is there any support from the Greek government for your dialect?
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| 1204grandine Triglot Groupie Italy Joined 7188 days ago 88 posts - 78 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, Catalan Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Greek | Message 6 of 11 16 November 2005 at 1:16am | IP Logged |
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If you look my profile,you will see my languages...
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| 1204grandine Triglot Groupie Italy Joined 7188 days ago 88 posts - 78 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, Catalan Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Greek | Message 7 of 11 16 November 2005 at 1:23am | IP Logged |
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In Calabrian Greek are written a lot of poetries.The best Calabrian Greek poet is Bruno Casile.Calabrian Greek is written in Latin alphabet.Greek alphabet is few used...Greek government support us.In Italy Calabrian Greek is considered minority language,but young people are forgetting it because they considere the language with no usefulness.
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| 1204grandine Triglot Groupie Italy Joined 7188 days ago 88 posts - 78 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, Catalan Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Greek | Message 8 of 11 16 November 2005 at 10:29am | IP Logged |
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Beh,if someone speaks Calabrian Greek,can easily learn it ...but Calabrian Greek and Modern Greek are different,above all in vocabulary.A Greek doesn't understand it.
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