Himariote dialect

Himariote Greek
Χειμαρριώτικα
RegionHimarë, Albania, Greece
Indo-European
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologhima1251
IETFel-u-sd-al12

Himariote Greek (Greek: Χειμαρριώτικη διάλεκτος, romanizedCheimarriṓtikī diálektos [çimaɾˈʝo̞tici ˈðjale̞kto̞s] or Χειμαρριώτικα, Cheimarriṓtika [çimaɾˈʝo̞tika]; Albanian: Dialekti himariot) is a dialect of the Greek language that is mainly spoken by ethnic Greeks in the Himara region of Albania. Despite the small distances between the settlements in the region, there exists some dialectal variation, most prominently in accent.