Griko language
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Griko, sometimes spelled Grico, is the dialect of Italiot Greek spoken by Griko people in Salento (province of Lecce), and also called Grecanico,[2][3][4][5][6] in Calabria. Some Greek linguists consider it to be a Modern Greek dialect and often call it Katoitaliótika (Greek: Κατωιταλιώτικα, "Southern Italian") or Grekanika (Γραικάνικα), whereas its own speakers call it Greko (Γκραίκο, in Calabria) or Griko (Γκρίκο, in Salento). Griko is spoken in Salento while Greko is spoken in Calabria. Griko and Standard Modern Greek are partially mutually intelligible.[7]
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Griko | |
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Γκραίκο · Γκρίκο | |
Native to | Italy |
Region | Salento, Calabria |
Ethnicity | Griko people |
Native speakers | (20,000 cited 1981)[1] 40,000 to 50,000 L2 speakers |
Greek alphabet, Latin alphabet | |
Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | apul1237 Apulian Greek |
ELP | Griko |
Linguasphere | 56-AAA-aia |
IETF | el-u-sd-it75 |
Location map of the Italiot-speaking areas in Salento and Calabria |
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