Cypriot Greek
Modern Greek language variety spoken by Greek Cypriots / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cypriot Greek (Greek: κυπριακή ελληνική locally [cipriaˈci elːiniˈci] or κυπριακά [cipriaˈka]) is the variety of Modern Greek that is spoken by the majority of the Cypriot populace and Greek Cypriot diaspora. It is considered a divergent dialect as it differs from Standard Modern Greek[note 2] in various aspects of its lexicon,[2] phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and even pragmatics,[3] not only for historical reasons but also because of geographical isolation, and extensive contact with typologically distinct languages.[4]
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Cypriot Greek | |
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κυπριακή ελληνική κυπριακά | |
Pronunciation | [cipriaˈci elːiniˈci] [cipriaˈka] |
Native to | Cyprus Rhodes, Greece |
Ethnicity | Greek Cypriots |
Native speakers | c. 700,000 in Cyprus (2011)[1][note 1] |
Greek alphabet | |
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ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | cypr1249 |
Linguasphere | 56-AAA-ahg |
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