Griko language

Griko
Γκρίκο
Native toItaly
RegionSalento
EthnicityGriko people
Native speakers
(20,000 cited 1981)[1]
40,000 to 50,000 L2 speakers
Greek alphabet, Latin alphabet
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologapul1237  Apulian Greek
ELPGriko
Linguasphere56-AAA-aia
IETFel-u-sd-it75
Location map of the Italiot-speaking areas in Salento and Calabria

Griko (endonym: Griko/Γκρίκο), sometimes spelled Grico, is one of the two dialects of Italiot Greek (the other being Calabrian Greek or Grecanico), spoken by Griko people in Salento, province of Lecce, Italy.[2][3][4][5][6] Some Greek linguists consider it to be a Modern Greek dialect and often call it Katoitaliótika (Greek: Κατωιταλιώτικα, lit.'Southern Italian') or Grekanika (Γραικάνικα). Griko and Standard Modern Greek are partially mutually intelligible.[7]

  1. ^ Vincent, N. (1981). "Italian". In Comrie, B. (ed.). The world's major languages. London: Croom Helm. pp. 279–302.
  2. ^ F. Violi, Lessico Grecanico-Italiano-Grecanico, Apodiafàzzi, Reggio Calabria, 1997.
  3. ^ Paolo Martino, L'isola grecanica dell'Aspromonte. Aspetti sociolinguistici, 1980. Risultati di un'inchiesta del 1977
  4. ^ Filippo Violi, Storia degli studi e della letteratura popolare grecanica, C.S.E. Bova (RC), 1992
  5. ^ Filippo Condemi, Grammatica Grecanica, Coop. Contezza, Reggio Calabria, 1987;
  6. ^ In Salento e Calabria le voci della minoranza linguistica greca | Treccani, il portale del sapere
  7. ^ Hammarström, Harald (2015). Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices.