Tsakonia

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Tsakonia is a small mountainous region in the eastern Peloponnese of Greece known as the traditional homeland of the Tsakonian-speaking community, whose language descends from ancient Doric Greek.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tsakonia canonical 4
Tsakonia region 1
Tsakonika 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
historical region
administrativeHistory part of the modern Greek state since 19th century
climate Mediterranean
containsSettlement Leonidio
Melana
Prastos
Sapounakeika
Tyros
Vaskina
country Greece
culturalHeritageStatus area of linguistic and cultural interest in Greece
culturalIdentity distinct subregional identity within Peloponnese
education limited formal teaching of Tsakonian language
ethnicGroup Tsakonians
geographicalFeature Parnon mountain range
hasCoastlineOn Argolic Gulf
Myrtoan Sea
hasValley Dafnon River valley
historicalLinguisticOrigin Doric Greek
knownFor Tsakonian-speaking community
preservation of Doric Greek features
languageFamily Hellenic languages
languageStatus endangered
linguisticSignificance one of the most divergent Modern Greek varieties
locatedIn Peloponnese
eastern Peloponnese
linked to: Peloponnese

southern Greece
linked to: Southern Greece
nearbyCity Nafplio
linked to: Nafplion

Sparta
partOf Peloponnese region
linked to: Peloponnese

regional unit of Arcadia
regional unit of Laconia
populationTrend declining number of Tsakonian speakers
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
terrain mountainous
tourism attracts visitors for traditional villages and landscape
traditionalCulture Tsakonian architecture
Tsakonian costume
Tsakonian dance
traditionalEconomy agriculture
animal husbandry
citrus cultivation
olive cultivation
traditionalLanguage Tsakonian language
linked to: Tsakonian
transportAccess connected by road to Argos
connected by road to Tripoli (Greece)

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tsakonian spokenIn Tsakonia
Tsakonian hasAlternativeName Tsakonika
linked to: Tsakonia
Parnon mountain range contains Tsakonia region
linked to: Tsakonia
Tsakonians traditionalRegion Tsakonia
Kastanitsa region Tsakonia
Prastos locatedIn Tsakonia