Cypriot Greek

E42016

dialect regional language variety variety of Greek

Cypriot Greek is the distinct regional variety of the Greek language spoken in Cyprus, characterized by unique phonological, lexical, and grammatical features.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Cypriot Greek canonical	4

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dialect ⓘ regional language variety ⓘ variety of Greek ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Cretan Greek ⓘ Modern Greek ⓘ surface form: Standard Modern Greek
coexistsWith	Modern Greek ⓘ surface form: Standard Modern Greek in Cyprus
country	Cyprus ⓘ surface form: Republic of Cyprus
developedFrom	Byzantine Greek ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Cypriot dialect ⓘ Cypriot dialect of Greek ⓘ Greek, Cypriot ⓘ
hasDistinctGrammarFrom	Modern Greek ⓘ surface form: Standard Modern Greek
hasDistinctPronunciationFrom	Modern Greek ⓘ surface form: Standard Modern Greek
hasDistinctVocabularyFrom	Modern Greek ⓘ surface form: Standard Modern Greek
hasGrammaticalFeature	different use of aspect and tense in some contexts ⓘ distinct syntax in questions and negation ⓘ distinct use of clitics ⓘ distinct verb morphology compared to Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
hasLexicalFeature	loanwords from English ⓘ loanwords from French ⓘ loanwords from Italian ⓘ loanwords from Turkish ⓘ many unique vocabulary items not found in Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	distinct vowel quality from Standard Modern Greek ⓘ geminate consonants ⓘ palatalized consonants ⓘ stress-timed rhythm closer to syllable-timed patterns ⓘ
hasRegister	acrolectal Cypriot Greek ⓘ basilectal Cypriot Greek ⓘ mesolectal Cypriot Greek ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticStatus	non-official dialect of Greek in Cyprus ⓘ
historicalOrigin	Medieval Greek ⓘ
influencedBy	English ⓘ surface form: English language French ⓘ surface form: French language Italian language ⓘ Turkish language ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	cpg ⓘ
languageBranch	Hellenic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
region	Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
spokenIn	Cyprus ⓘ
standardFormOf	Greek language ⓘ
subclassOf	Modern Greek dialect ⓘ
usedBy	Greek Cypriots ⓘ
usedIn	Cypriot folk music and poetry ⓘ Cypriot media and entertainment ⓘ everyday informal communication in Cyprus ⓘ
writingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Modern Greek → hasVariety → Cypriot Greek ⓘ

Hellenic languages → hasPart → Cypriot Greek ⓘ

Cypriot Turkish → influencedBy → Cypriot Greek ⓘ

Greek → hasMajorDialect → Cypriot Greek ⓘ

subject surface form: Greek language