Tsakonian

E41609

endangered language language modern Greek variety

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.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Tsakonian canonical	8
Tsakonian language	5
Northern Tsakonian	3
Southern Tsakonian	3
Tsakonian Greek	3
Tsakonian dialect continuum	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	endangered language ⓘ language ⓘ modern Greek variety ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup	Tsakonians ⓘ
consideredByOthersAs	Greek dialect ⓘ
consideredBySomeAs	separate language ⓘ
derivedFrom	Doric Greek ⓘ surface form: Laconian Doric
documentedBy	linguists ⓘ
endonym	τσακώνικα ⓘ
glottocode	tsak1248 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Tsakonian ⓘ surface form: Tsakonian Greek Tsakonia ⓘ surface form: Tsakonika
hasAncestor	Ancient Greek ⓘ Doric Greek ⓘ
hasDialect	Tsakonian self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern Tsakonian Propontis Tsakonian ⓘ Tsakonian self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Southern Tsakonian
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom	Arvanitika ⓘ Modern Greek ⓘ surface form: Standard 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 language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
languageShiftTo	Modern Greek ⓘ surface form: Standard 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 ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ surface form: eastern Peloponnese
status	severely endangered ⓘ
subclassOf	Greek language ⓘ Hellenic language ⓘ
UNESCOStatus	severely endangered ⓘ
usedIn	oral communication ⓘ
writingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ

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 → Tsakonian self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Tsakonian

Tsakonian → hasDialect → Tsakonian self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Tsakonian

Tsakonian → hasAlternativeName → Tsakonian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsakonian Greek

Proto-Greek → hasDescendant → Tsakonian ⓘ

Tsakonia → traditionalLanguage → Tsakonian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsakonian language

Propontis Tsakonian → subdivisionOf → Tsakonian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsakonian language

Propontis Tsakonian → derivedFrom → Tsakonian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsakonian language

Propontis Tsakonian → closelyRelatedTo → Tsakonian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Tsakonian

Propontis Tsakonian → closelyRelatedTo → Tsakonian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Tsakonian

Propontis Tsakonian → partOf → Tsakonian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsakonian dialect continuum

Tsakonians → language → Tsakonian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsakonian language

Tsakonians → dialect → Tsakonian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Tsakonian

Tsakonians → dialect → Tsakonian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Tsakonian

Greek → hasMajorDialect → Tsakonian ⓘ

subject surface form: Greek language

Maniot Greek → closelyRelatedTo → Tsakonian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsakonian Greek

Leonidio → hasCulturalHeritage → Tsakonian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsakonian language

Leonidio → languageVarietySpoken → Tsakonian ⓘ

Kastanitsa → languageTradition → Tsakonian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsakonian Greek

Kastanitsa → hasArchitecturalStyle → Tsakonian ⓘ

Prastos → historicalLanguage → Tsakonian ⓘ