Discovering aNew Dialect.?

Question

Iwas doing some greek laungage research last night .and to my supprise i came acroos this greek dialect..firstly its location supprissed me and then the name TSAKONIAN..my fist cousin was married to a guy named tsakonas...the dialect seems to be aDORIC /LACONIAN dialect of greek...i must say i never heard of it before ?have any of you heard of it or any other dialect that might be obscure in greece? follow link>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsakonian_language

Answer 1

I think the fate of all dialects is to vanish with the passing of time, unfortunately. My dad speaks " Vlahika " a dialect of latin origin and not greek which is spoken in some parts of Greece. But none of his children speak it today. The same goes for the majority of people I know, whose parents speak some kind of dialect. They never learned it, so sometime in the future the dialect will be forgotten. Sad but true.

Answer 2

greek language have many dialectsin thessaly.epirus,macedonia and crete

Answer 3

i have read it in past but i dont give attention.till now...

is very interesting!!!

and difficult to speak....wow

well i dont know about diealect but if you visit my grandmother's village in Zakynthos i bet you wont understand a word!!!!!!!!

Answer 4

i come from Arcadia, actually a small village near the borders with Messhnia. I have heard about a village where people do use a dialect that comes from Doric. It is not used anywhere else and noone can understand it.

Answer 5

Tsakonika is a live Greek Dialect coming from the ancient Greece and especially from the Doric dialects. There are people speaking tsakonika now days in some areas of Arcadia around the villages of Astros, Leonidio  and Agios Kosmas in the territory of Kynouria.

Answer 6

Indeed it's very surprising that even today there are people who speak ..."ancient" dialects. I knew about this dialect because l have studied about Greek dialects. I am very proud that even me l speak a kind of ancient Greek. If you like to learn more about ancient dialects read about the "Αρκαδοκυπριακά",

(Κυπριακή Διάλεκτος - Cypriot Dialect)

The beginning of Greek language was the "πρώιμη  ÃƒÂŽÃ‚µÃŽÂ»ÃŽÂ»ÃŽÂ·ÃŽÂ½ÃŽÂ¹ÃŽÂºÃŽÂ®" or "πρωτοελληνική" l think in english is called proto hellenic which goes back in the 21st century B.C.

Answer 7

Tsakonika is a dialect related to the language of the Ancient Dorians of the Peloponnese.

Answer 8

My grandfather has told me that his mother (my great-grandmother) spoke Τσακώνικα! But my grandfather doesn't speak it, he says he has forgotten it.