Maniot Greek

E415775

Modern Greek dialect dialect variety of Greek

Maniot Greek is a conservative dialect of the Greek language spoken in the Mani Peninsula of the southern Peloponnese, noted for preserving many archaic features.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Greek: Μανδούλις (Mandoulis)	1
Maniot Greek canonical	1
Maniotic Greek	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Modern Greek dialect ⓘ dialect ⓘ variety of Greek ⓘ
belongsTo	Southern Greek dialects ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Tsakonian ⓘ surface form: Tsakonian Greek other Peloponnesian Greek dialects ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
culturalAssociation	Mani Peninsula traditional culture ⓘ Maniot culture ⓘ surface form: Maniot people
developedFrom	earlier Peloponnesian Greek dialects ⓘ
endangeredStatus	declining use among younger speakers ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Maniot dialect ⓘ Maniot Greek ⓘ surface form: Maniotic Greek
hasFeature	archaisms in morphology ⓘ archaisms in phonology ⓘ archaisms in vocabulary ⓘ distinct local lexicon ⓘ phonetic differences from Standard Greek ⓘ
hasProperty	archaic features ⓘ conservative dialect ⓘ retention of older Greek forms ⓘ strong local identity ⓘ
historicalContinuityWith	older Peloponnesian Greek varieties ⓘ
influencedBy	Ancient Greek ⓘ Koine Greek ⓘ Medieval Greek ⓘ
ISO639-3	none ⓘ
languageBranch	Hellenic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
languageGroup	Greek language ⓘ
partOf	Modern Greek dialect continuum ⓘ
recognizedAs	regional dialect of Greek ⓘ
region	East Mani ⓘ Inner Mani ⓘ Outer Mani ⓘ West Mani ⓘ
spokenIn	Mani Peninsula ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ southern Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
standardizationStatus	not officially standardized ⓘ
standardLanguage	Modern Greek ⓘ surface form: Standard Modern Greek
subclassOf	Greek dialect ⓘ
timePeriod	Modern era ⓘ
usedBy	inhabitants of Mani ⓘ
usedIn	everyday communication in Mani communities ⓘ local oral tradition ⓘ local songs and sayings ⓘ
writingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Mani Peninsula → traditionalDialect → Maniot Greek ⓘ

Mandulis → languageVariant → Maniot Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek: Μανδούλις (Mandoulis)

Maniot Greek → hasAlternativeName → Maniot Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maniotic Greek