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Mariupolitan Greek vs Tsakonian

Compare two dialects of Greek side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Mariupolitan Greek

Rumeika · Azov Greek

The Greek of the Mariupol region in Ukraine, descended from communities resettled from Crimea by Catherine the Great in 1778. Endangered; structurally close to Pontic Greek.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
47.10°, 37.55°
Tsakonian

Tsakonika

The only living descendant of ancient Doric Greek, spoken in a few villages of the Peloponnese around Leonidio. Critically endangered; structurally distinct from all other Greek varieties, which descend from Attic-Ionic.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
37.16°, 22.85°

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