Cypriot Greek
| 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]
- ^ "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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