Calabrian Greek

E299327

Calabrian Greek is a minority Greek dialect spoken in parts of southern Italy, preserving ancient Hellenic linguistic features within the region of Calabria.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Calabrian Greek canonical 3
Calabria Greek (Greko) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek dialect ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
minority language ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
endangermentStatus severely endangered ⓘ
glottocode cala1258 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Grecanico di Calabria ⓘ
linked to: Grecanico

Greko ⓘ
linked to: Griko
hasAncestor Ancient Greek ⓘ
Byzantine Greek ⓘ
linked to: Medieval Greek

Koine Greek ⓘ
hasDialect Gallicianò variety ⓘ
Roghudi variety ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature conservative verb morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature retention of /u/ similar to Ancient Greek upsilon ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature use of enclitic pronouns ⓘ
influencedBy Calabrian Romance dialects ⓘ
linked to: Calabrian dialects

Italian language ⓘ
Latin language ⓘ
ISO639-3Code grk ⓘ
languageBranch Hellenic ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
languageGroup Greek ⓘ
numberOfSpeakers a few thousand ⓘ
preservesFeature Doric Greek elements ⓘ
ancient Hellenic vocabulary ⓘ
archaisms from Koine Greek ⓘ
protectedBy Italian law on historical linguistic minorities ⓘ
recognizedAs historical linguistic minority in Italy ⓘ
region Aspromonte ⓘ
Bovesia ⓘ
sharesFeaturesWith Griko ⓘ
Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
spokenIn Calabria ⓘ
southern Italy ⓘ
linked to: Southern Italy
subclassOf Hellenic language ⓘ
linked to: Hellenic languages

Indo-European language ⓘ
Italiot Greek ⓘ
linked to: Griko
subjectOf research on Italiot Greek dialects ⓘ
sociolinguistic studies on language shift ⓘ
threatenedBy language shift to Italian ⓘ
urbanization and migration ⓘ
usedIn folk songs ⓘ
local religious practices ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
writingSystem Greek alphabet ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Calabria → hasRegionalLanguages → Calabrian Greek ⓘ
Calabria → recognizedMinorityLanguage → Calabrian Greek ⓘ
subject linked to: modern Calabria
Calabrian dialects → regionHasMinorityLanguage → Calabria Greek (Greko) ⓘ
linked to: Calabrian Greek