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Ancient Greece
Ancient Spartan Dialect Tsakonika Still Alive Despite Ravages of Time
Tsakonika, the language of ancient Sparta, still survives today, despite the ravages of time and the many reversals of fortune in Greece.
Cyprus
Learning the Greek Cypriot Dialect With Online Tutor
Greek Cypriot is the dialect spoken by Cypriots living in Cyprus and abroad. It is estimated that the Greek Cypriot dialect is spoken by more than seven hundred thousand people in Cyprus and several hundred thousand abroad.
Even though it...
Greece
Greek Yiayia Honored for Learning Pontic Greek Dialect at 92
Maria Sotiriadou, a 92-year old Greek woman living in Thessaloniki, will soon be honored by the University of Macedonia for her dedication to learning the Pontic Greek dialect through a series of classes offered by the University.
Born in June...
Cyprus
NASA Gives Martian Rocks Cypriot Names
NASA officially named two rocks on Mars with words from the Cypriot dialect earlier this week.
The rocks were named in honor of the 33-year-old Greek-Cypriot scientist Dr. Konstantinos Charalambous, who works for NASA's ''InSight Mission.''
Dr. Charalambous was given the opportunity to choose...