Tsakonian language

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Doric_Greek
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:Standard_Modern_Greek
gptkbp:firstDocumented 19th century
gptkbp:glottologCode tsak1248
gptkbp:hasDialects gptkb:Northern_Tsakonian
gptkb:Propontis_Tsakonian
gptkb:Southern_Tsakonian
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tsakonian language
gptkbp:ISO639-3 tsd
gptkbp:languageEndangermentCause gptkb:migration
gptkb:urban_development
language shift to Greek
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Hellenic
gptkbp:lexicalInfluence gptkb:Albanian
gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Arvanitika
Turkish
gptkbp:linguisticFeature palatalization
loss of voiced stops
distinct verb conjugations
highly divergent from other Greek dialects
preserves archaic Doric features
retains dual number
gptkbp:notableBook folk
proverbs
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Nick_Nicholas
Michael Deffner
Thanasis Costakis
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers fewer than 300
gptkbp:region gptkb:Greece
gptkb:Peloponnese
gptkbp:revitalizationEfforts Tsakonian dictionaries
Tsakonian language courses
local educational programs
gptkbp:socialMedia Tsakonian Wikipedia (test project)
Tsakonian language websites
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Tsakonia
gptkbp:status severely endangered
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Greek
gptkbp:supportsLanguage Glottolog: tsak1248
ISO 639-3: tsd
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus critically endangered
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Tsakonian_people
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Greek_alphabet
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Northern_Tsakonic
gptkb:Propontis_Tsakonic
gptkb:Southern_Tsakonic
gptkb:Tsakonia
gptkb:northern_Tsakonia
gptkb:Leonidio
gptkb:Laconian_Greek
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7