Tsakonians

E209586

Greek ethnic group ethnic group

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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tsakonians canonical	4
Tsakonian Greeks	1
Tsakonian culture	1

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	Tsakonian ⓘ surface form: Northern Tsakonian Propontis Tsakonian ⓘ Tsakonian ⓘ surface form: Southern Tsakonian
ethnicGroupOf	Greece ⓘ
ethnonym	Tsakonians self-link ⓘ
historicalOrigin	ancient Dorian Greeks ⓘ
historicalRegion	Arcadia regional unit ⓘ surface form: eastern Arcadia southeastern Laconia ⓘ
identity	distinct local identity within Greek nation ⓘ
language	Tsakonian ⓘ surface form: Tsakonian language
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	Peloponnese ⓘ surface form: eastern Peloponnese
recognizedAs	linguistic minority within Greece ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ
selfIdentification	Hellenic ⓘ surface form: Greek
traditionalArchitecture	stone houses ⓘ
traditionalOccupation	farming ⓘ fishing ⓘ shepherding ⓘ
traditionalRegion	Tsakonia ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Tsakonian → associatedEthnicGroup → Tsakonians ⓘ

Tsakonia → ethnicGroup → Tsakonians ⓘ

Propontis Tsakonian → hasEthnicGroup → Tsakonians ⓘ

Propontis Tsakonian → belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup → Tsakonians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsakonian Greeks

Tsakonians → ethnonym → Tsakonians self-link ⓘ

Leonidio → hasCulturalHeritage → Tsakonians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsakonian culture