|
 |
Calabrian Greek | ||
Tags: Greek | ||
 Language Learning Forum : Collaborative writing |  | |
| Luk Triglot Groupie Argentina Joined 5336 days ago 91 posts - 127 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, English, French Studies: Italian, German, Mandarin, Greek | Message 9 of 11 26 August 2011 at 11:17pm | IP Logged |
|
I've just found this post. I recently heard about this and I'm delightful! I read that this greek is closer to ancient greek than to modern.
1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5694 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 10 of 11 27 August 2011 at 7:23pm | IP Logged |
|
Is there any place online where we might see some examples of Calabrian Greek? It sounds really interesting...
ETA: This looks like it might be a Calabrian poem/song lyric, but it's written in the Greek alphabet. Is there anyone here who reads Greek and could tell me if I'm right? Edited by Jinx on 27 August 2011 at 7:27pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| loukas76gr Diglot Newbie Greece Joined 4820 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: Greek*, English Studies: GermanB2 | Message 11 of 11 24 September 2011 at 1:47am | IP Logged |
|
This site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griko_people will give you some hints where the greek calabrian language (griko or officially: Grecanic) is spoken.
In fact some people regard it as a language, some other as a greek dialect. In my opinion, it is a derivative of the greek language blended with elements of the mainly spoken language in the area, the Italian. On youtube the are a lot of songs in Griko by local bands performing in this so special dialect/language, e.g. search for Ghetonia, Avleddha, Briganti di terra d' Otranto..., so you can have an impression of how it sounds. Here are also some sites made by the local people, who struggle to keep their language alive... you see, it becomes extinct, as it is not taught at schools, but learnt in families and the local communities in these villages. http://www.greciasalentina.org/L_Html/glossama.htm http://grikamilume.blogspot.com/ About the song: You're right, it's a poem in griko, originally coming from the village: Gallicianò, Condofuri, Italia. It says about a young girl, who's stolen the heart of a man, and he asks from her to stay with him, remove pain from his heart and make his life brighter... 1 person has voted this message useful |
If you wish to post a reply to this topic you must first login. If you are not already registered you must first register
|  | 
Printable version
|
| Copyright 2024 FX Micheloud - All rights reserved No part of this website may be copied by any means without my written authorization. |
