Can Greeks understand Tsakonian?

Tsakonian descends from Doric, which was an Ancient Greek dialect on the Western branch of the Hellenic languages, and it is its only living descendant. Tsakonian is critically endangered, with only a few hundred, mostly elderly, fluent speakers left. Tsakonian and Modern Greek are not mutually intelligible.

Did Latin or Greek language come first?

As the extant evidence of an historical culture, the ancient Greek language is centuries older than Latin. A recognizable form of Greek was spoken and written in the era of the Mycenaean Bronze Age, some 1500 years before the birth of Christ and the rule of Augustus Caesar.

Does Greece and Italy speak the same language?

Greek and Italian, although both belonging to the Indo-European language family, are very different. Italian is a Romance language whereas Greek is Hellenic, meaning that they’re only very distantly related. While Italian has a few Greek loan-words, the two languages are worlds apart vocabulary-wise.

What languages are based off Greek?

All Western language including Hebrew are base on Greek Language. Greek Language is the oldest language on Earth it come from Pre- Homer times. Ancient Greek are the base of Latin and modern Greek. Italian, French, Spanish and other languages are based on Latin.

Are ancient Greek and modern Greek the same?

Ancient Greek is an Indo-European language and a branch of the Greek language. Modern Greek is a newer version of Ancient Greek and other contemporary languages of the same nature. Originated somewhere between 19th and 16th century BC. It originated around 1453 AD.

How close is Greek to Latin?

Greek existed 2000 years before Latin, and by the time the Romans arrived in Greece, the Greeks had an established and refined civilization that didn’t really need any input from the Latin language. The two languages aren’t even related. Or, they are, but they belong to separate branches in the same language family.

Is Tsakonian a dialect of Greek?

Although Tsakonian is treated as a dialect of Modern Standard Greek, some compendia treat it as a separate language, since Modern Standard Greek descends from Ionic and Attic which are on the Eastern branch of the Hellenic languages, while Tsakonian (as a descendant of Doric) is the sole surviving member of the Western branch.

What is Tzakonian?

Tsakonian (also Tsaconian, Tzakonian or Tsakonic; Tsakonian: τσακώνικα, α τσακώνικα γρούσσα; Greek: τσακώνικα) is a Hellenic language which is both highly divergent from other spoken varieties of Modern Greek and, from a philological standpoint, linguistically classified separately from them.

Are Tsakonian and Modern Greek mutually comprehensible?

Although described as a dialect of Modern Greek, Tsakonian and Modern Greek are not mutually comprehensible. There were instances of Tsakonian speakers up to relatively recent times (1950s-60s) who could not speak Modern Greek.

Is Tsakonian a dying language?

Tsakonian is critically endangered, with only a few hundred, mostly elderly, fluent speakers left. Tsakonian and Modern Greek are not mutually intelligible.