Efforts Intensify to Revive Calabria’s Ancient Grecanico Greek Dialect Through Education and Music

Calabria’s Grecanico speakers battle to keep an ancient Greek dialect alive

Cultural associations, musicians and educators across Calabria, Italy and the diaspora are reviving Grecanico through video lessons, festivals and Alessandra Talarico's new album Aionia, as native speakers of the 2,800-year-old language continue to steadily dwindle The post Calabria’s Grecanico speakers battle to keep an ancient Greek dialect alive appeared first on ProtoThema English.

By Αλεξία Αμβράζη