Tsakonians

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Tsakonians are a small Greek ethnic group from the eastern Peloponnese, known for preserving the highly distinctive Tsakonian language, a direct descendant of ancient Doric Greek.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Tsakonian people 6
Tsakonians canonical 6
Tsakonian culture 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek ethnic group ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
culturalHeritage Doric Greek traditions ⓘ
Tsakonian dance ⓘ
Tsakonian music ⓘ
distinct local customs ⓘ
traditional Tsakonian dress ⓘ
dialect Northern Tsakonian ⓘ
linked to: Tsakonian

Propontis Tsakonian ⓘ
Southern Tsakonian ⓘ
linked to: Tsakonian
ethnicGroupOf Greece ⓘ
ethnonym Tsakonians ⓘ
historicalOrigin ancient Dorian Greeks ⓘ
historicalRegion eastern Arcadia ⓘ
southeastern Laconia ⓘ
identity distinct local identity within Greek nation ⓘ
language Tsakonian language ⓘ
linked to: Tsakonian
languageBranch Greek language ⓘ
languageFamily Hellenic languages ⓘ
languageOrigin Doric Greek ⓘ
languageStatus endangered ⓘ
languageTransmission mainly older generations ⓘ
languageUseTrend declining ⓘ
linguisticFeature limited mutual intelligibility with Standard Greek ⓘ
preservation of Doric phonology elements ⓘ
significant divergence from Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
modernChallenge language shift to Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
urban migration ⓘ
notableSettlementRegion Leonidio area ⓘ
Pera Melana area ⓘ
Tyros area ⓘ
populationStatus small population ⓘ
preservationEffort documentation of Tsakonian language ⓘ
local cultural associations ⓘ
teaching of Tsakonian in local initiatives ⓘ
primaryRegion eastern Peloponnese ⓘ
linked to: Peloponnese
recognizedAs linguistic minority within Greece ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ
selfIdentification Greek ⓘ
linked to: Hellenic
traditionalArchitecture stone houses ⓘ
traditionalOccupation farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
shepherding ⓘ
traditionalRegion Tsakonia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

Tsakonian → associatedEthnicGroup → Tsakonians ⓘ
Tsakonia → ethnicGroup → Tsakonians ⓘ
Propontis Tsakonian → belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup → Tsakonian Greeks ⓘ
linked to: Tsakonians
Tsakonians → ethnonym → Tsakonians ⓘ
Leonidio → hasCulturalHeritage → Tsakonian culture ⓘ
linked to: Tsakonians
Sapounakeika → hasCulturalRegion → Tsakonian culture ⓘ
linked to: Tsakonians
Tsakonian architecture → ethnicGroupAssociated → Tsakonian people ⓘ
linked to: Tsakonians
Tsakonian costume → ethnicGroup → Tsakonian people ⓘ
linked to: Tsakonians
Dafnon River valley → hasEthnographicSignificance → Tsakonian people ⓘ
linked to: Tsakonians
Tsakonian dance → culturalOrigin → Tsakonians ⓘ
Tsakonian dance → associatedWith → Tsakonian culture ⓘ
linked to: Tsakonians
Tsakonian music → ethnicGroup → Tsakonian people ⓘ
linked to: Tsakonians
Pera Melana area → knownFor → Tsakonian people ⓘ
linked to: Tsakonians
Pera Melana area → hasEthnicGroup → Tsakonians ⓘ
Leonidio area → knownFor → Tsakonian culture ⓘ
linked to: Tsakonians
Tyros area → knownFor → Tsakonian people ⓘ
linked to: Tsakonians