Back Griegu xipriota AST Gresianeg Kiprenez Breton Grec xipriota Catalan Zypriotisches Griechisch German Κυπριακή διάλεκτος της ελληνικής γλώσσας Greek Griego chipriota Spanish Grec chypriote French Grego chipriota Galician Ciparski grčki Croatian Կիպրական հունարեն Armenian
| Cypriot Greek | |
|---|---|
| κυπριακή ελληνική κυπριακά | |
| Pronunciation | [cipriaˈci elːiniˈci] [cipriaˈka] |
| Native to | Cyprus Rhodes, Greece |
| Ethnicity | Greek Cypriots |
Native speakers | c. 700,000 in Cyprus (2011)[1][note 1] |
| Greek alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | cypr1249 |
| Linguasphere | 56-AAA-ahg |
Cypriot Greek (Greek: κυπριακή ελληνική locally [cipriaˈci elːiniˈci] or κυπριακά [cipriaˈka]) is the variety of Modern Greek that is spoken by the majority of the Cypriot populace and Greek Cypriot diaspora. It is considered a divergent dialect as it differs from Standard Modern Greek[note 2] in various aspects of its lexicon,[2] phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and even pragmatics,[3] not only for historical reasons but also because of geographical isolation, and extensive contact with typologically distinct languages.[4] It is not mutually intelligible with modern Greek, and as there are no rules of distinguishing a language from a dialect, Cypriot is considered a different language and not a dialect of Greek by some linguists.
- ^ "Statistical Service - Population Census 2011". mof.gov.cy.
- ^ Ammon 2006, p. 1886.
- ^ Themistocleous et al. 2012, p. 262.
- ^ Ammon 2006, pp. 1886–1887.
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