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Name:
Tsakonian
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Tsaconia; Tsakonia
Spoken in:
Greece
Number of speakers:
1,200 (1981 J. Werner). 300 are shepherds
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
300
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
1200
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
tsd
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Dialect:
Laconian; Heraclean (grc-lac)
Child Dialects:
Southern Tsakonian; Leonidio-Prastos (tsd-sou)
Propontis Tsakonian; Vatka-Havoutsi (tsd-pro)
Northern Tsakonian; Kastanista-Sitena (tsd-nor)
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Map of Tsakonian
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