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Griko | |
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Γκρίκο | |
Native to | Italy |
Region | Salento |
Ethnicity | Griko people |
Native speakers | (20,000 cited 1981)[1] 40,000 to 50,000 L2 speakers |
Greek alphabet, Latin alphabet | |
Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | apul1237 Apulian Greek |
ELP | Griko |
Linguasphere | 56-AAA-aia |
IETF | el-u-sd-it75 |
![]() Location map of the Italiot-speaking areas in Salento and Calabria |
Griko (endonym: Griko/Γκρίκο), sometimes spelled Grico, is one of the two dialects of Italiot Greek (the other being Calabrian Greek or Grecanico), spoken by Griko people in Salento, province of Lecce, Italy.[2][3][4][5][6] Some Greek linguists consider it to be a Modern Greek dialect and often call it Katoitaliótika (Greek: Κατωιταλιώτικα, lit. 'Southern Italian') or Grekanika (Γραικάνικα). Griko and Standard Modern Greek are partially mutually intelligible.[7]