If you didn't know modern Greek you'd have no idea, and ancient Greek would not have helped you at all.So, if I learn modern Greek will it be easier to learn the dialect?
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If you didn't know modern Greek you'd have no idea, and ancient Greek would not have helped you at all.So, if I learn modern Greek will it be easier to learn the dialect?
I have a browser up and I am looking at Rosetta Stone and Duolingo.
You seriously have no idea.Not a whole let of similarity between the dialect and modern Greek. The dialect derives from the Doric branch of the Greek language tree...modern Greek is Ionic and Attic in nature.So, if I learn modern Greek will it be easier to learn the dialect?
I have a browser up and I am looking at Rosetta Stone and Duolingo.
alphabets look similar--might help with learning to read.
The last speakers of ancient Sparta
The iconic city-state may have fallen nearly 2,400 years ago, but today, 2,000 people still speak the language of these ancient warriors.www.bbc.com
Tsakonika is based on the Doric language spoken by the ancient Spartans and it is the only remaining dialect from the western Doric branch of Hellenic languages. In contrast, Greek descends from the Ionic and Attic dialects on the eastern branch. While each of these use a similar alphabet, Tsakonika has more phonetic symbols and differs in structure and pronunciation. Unsurprisingly, Tsakonika is closer to ancient than modern Greek, but none of these languages are mutually intelligible
Within the next 100 years about 90% of languages will go extinct.
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Ok. Who are you greeting?
Ok. Who are you greeting?
My comrades of course.
Greece, the home of one the oldest civilizations on the globe, is blessed with thousands of priceless monuments, from the Parthenon, the temple at Sounion and the site of Delphi, just to name a few. But perhaps no physical structure anywhere is as important than the living monument of a spoken language which originates directly from the ancient world.
One such language still survives today, despite the ravages of time and the many reversals of fortune that Greece has known, in Leonidio, a living remnant of the language of ancient Sparta, the warrior state which became the byword for an extraordinarily strict and regimented society.
Ancient Spartan Dialect Tsakonika Still Alive Despite Ravages of Time - GreekReporter.com
Tsakonika, the language of ancient Sparta, still survives today, despite the ravages of time and the many reversals of fortune in Greece.greece.greekreporter.com
Maybe this is the language that I need to learn.
Within the next 100 years about 90% of languages will go extinct.
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