Tsakonian

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Tsakonian is a highly divergent modern Greek dialect, often considered a separate language, descended from ancient Doric Greek and spoken by a small community in the eastern Peloponnese.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Tsakonian canonical 8
Tsakonian language 5
Northern Tsakonian 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf endangered language
language
modern Greek variety
associatedEthnicGroup Tsakonians
consideredByOthersAs Greek dialect
consideredBySomeAs separate language
derivedFrom Laconian Doric
linked to: Doric Greek
documentedBy linguists
endonym τσακώνικα
glottocode tsak1248
hasAlternativeName Tsakonian Greek
linked to: Tsakonian

Tsakonika
linked to: Tsakonia
hasAncestor Ancient Greek
Doric Greek
hasDialect Northern Tsakonian
linked to: Tsakonian

Propontis Tsakonian
Southern Tsakonian
linked to: Tsakonian
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Arvanitika
Standard Modern Greek
linked to: Modern Greek

Turkish
hasLimitedUseIn written form
hasPhonologicalFeature loss of aspiration contrasts
palatalization of velars
historicalRegion ancient Laconia
ISO639-3Code tsd
languageFamily Hellenic languages
Indo-European languages
languageShiftTo Standard Modern Greek
linked to: Modern Greek
mutualIntelligibilityWith Standard Modern Greek (low)
numberOfSpeakers very few hundred
primaryCountry Greece
regionType mountainous coastal area
retainsFeature Doric phonology
Doric vocabulary
distinct verb morphology
spokenIn Arcadia
Greece
Laconia
Tsakonia
eastern Peloponnese
linked to: Peloponnese
status severely endangered
subclassOf Greek language
Hellenic language
UNESCOStatus severely endangered
usedIn oral communication
writingSystem Greek alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

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

Modern Greek hasVariety Tsakonian
Hellenic languages hasPart Tsakonian
Greek language hasDialects Tsakonian
Tsakonian hasDialect Northern Tsakonian
linked to: Tsakonian
Tsakonian hasDialect Southern Tsakonian
linked to: Tsakonian
Tsakonian hasAlternativeName Tsakonian Greek
linked to: Tsakonian
Proto-Greek hasDescendant Tsakonian
Tsakonia traditionalLanguage Tsakonian language
linked to: Tsakonian
Propontis Tsakonian subdivisionOf Tsakonian language
linked to: Tsakonian
Propontis Tsakonian derivedFrom Tsakonian language
linked to: Tsakonian
Propontis Tsakonian closelyRelatedTo Southern Tsakonian
linked to: Tsakonian
Propontis Tsakonian closelyRelatedTo Northern Tsakonian
linked to: Tsakonian
Propontis Tsakonian partOf Tsakonian dialect continuum
linked to: Tsakonian
Tsakonians language Tsakonian language
linked to: Tsakonian
Tsakonians dialect Northern Tsakonian
linked to: Tsakonian
Tsakonians dialect Southern Tsakonian
linked to: Tsakonian
Greek language hasMajorDialect Tsakonian
subject linked to: Greek
Maniot Greek closelyRelatedTo Tsakonian Greek
linked to: Tsakonian
Leonidio hasCulturalHeritage Tsakonian language
linked to: Tsakonian
Leonidio languageVarietySpoken Tsakonian
Kastanitsa languageTradition Tsakonian Greek
linked to: Tsakonian
Prastos historicalLanguage Tsakonian