Im greek and he spoke a mixed language of ancient greek , medieval greek and modern greek I understood everything, its so beautiful to see people still speak such an ancient language
@George Washington jadan si kako plasiras srpsku propagandu neupucenima (he's spreading serbian propaganda, still salty... Everything on the Balkans is Serbian according to them, laughable and pathetic)
My God, they use the ancient word "ὦδε" instead of "'ἐδῶ" for "here". "Arte" for "now" comes, pobably, from ancient "ἄρτι" ("just now"). Absolutely understandable by a modern Greek. So touching!!!
They obviously didnt lose the contact with Greek proper though. They pretty much speak modern Greek not koine or anything. Just another dialect with some Italian elements. Also it looks like many things have been reintroduced. Anyway I wouldnt trust someone that also speaks standard modern Greek like the man in the video. But anyway. It is fascinating.
Sadly that phrase is being used to kinda shame others who are of other ethnicity and stuff. Although I know the true meaning and it is true that Italians and Greeks are really close. Italian is a language I always wanted to learn and maybe that is the reason.
Greeks and Italians are siblings. I'm greek and I love Italy like my own country. Whenever I've been in Italy it feels like home. I haven't felt this way anywhere else. God bless you. We pray every day for our Italian brothers and especially in these difficult days.
I'm Greek and I just came back from a trip to Sicily and South Italy. The main purpose was that a good friend of mine was getting married to an Italian girl from Calabria, however, I wanted to turn this into a more pleasant experience, so initially, I visited the Sicilian east coast (passed by Catania, Taormina and ended up in Syracusa). I hadn't realized before the footprint of ancient Greek civilization in the area (yeah I had heard about Magna Grecia in school etc), but everywhere you turned there was an ancient monument! In Syracuse there was the museum of Archimedes, and a statue of him on the bridge where you enter the small island of Ortygia from the mainland part of the city. As soon as you enter Ortygia you see the ancient ruins of the temple of Apollo, then Piazza de Archimede,, and then Syracusa Duomo which was built on top of the ancient monument temple of Athina. You see "explore the Greek Syracusa" tours everywhere, big signs/advertisements of ancient tragedy theater plays etc etc. Furthermore, there was the Parco Archeologico of Neapolis, right at the side of the city of Syracusa, where you could visit ancient sites like the "Ear of Dionysius", the tomb of Archimedes, and of course Teatro Greco, a great full-size ancient amphitheater. There was a similar site in Taormina with another Teatro Greco there. Then I visited mainland Italy, Palmi and Reggio Calabria, and while at the wedding, I was talking to local Italian friends of the couple and they told me there were areas in that region where people were still speaking the Greek language - Griko. They said you should definitely visit, but unfortunately, I didn't get the time. A few days after the catholic wedding, the couple also performed a small orthodox wedding ceremony at a Greek Orthodox nearby church "Chiesa Ortodossa di S.Elia e Filareto". I noticed that the priests there spoke to us in Greek but with an Italian accent. Then on the way back to Sicily, we stopped by the seaside town of Scilla where the myth says that on the rocks by the Scilla town castle, the six dog-headed monster Scylla lived. The same monster (Σκύλα in Greek) and area is the one that according to Homer, Odysseus encountered on his way back to Ithaca. Finally, the last couple of days were spent in a seaside hotel near Catania in Sicily again, and as I was relaxing one morning with my daughter by the hotel pool, there was an Italian couple with their two young children next to us. The woman comes up to me and asked where we were from, I said Greece. She then said: “Ha, I knew it, I recognized the words. This is the language that my mother was speaking in the house and the area she grew up in”... Then she explained that they were living in the city of Lecce, and apparently her mother’s house was in a small nearby town which was called….”Calimera”, which literally means “good morning” in Greek!! Actually, I thought she was joking at the time, but I googled it afterwards, and apparently, there really exists such a place!. So, after this experience, I had to look up for more info on this “Griko” language and I'm glad I found this video!
I am of Calabrian and Sicilian descent. When I had my DNA analyzed, I was surprised and delighted by how much Greek blood I have. I feel blessed to be a part of two ancient and important cultures!
I am from Sardinia. It seems quite a long way from Greece, however, digging in, the links pop up and are still important. It begins with the foundation of the city of Olbia which, according to classical writers, was founded by people from Φώκαια, Modern scholars have always rejected this hypothesis, until a few years ago, during some archaeological excavations, the typically Greek foundation emerged under the Punic city. The Greek city lasted a few decades but the name was preserved throughout the Roman period. After Sardinia it was conquered by the Vandals but reconquered, after about 80 years by Justinian and became a province of the Exarchate of Africa. When the Arabs conquered North Africa, Sardinia remained the only free province. The news on the early Middle Ages in Sardinia are sparse, the Byzantine gold coins disappeared during the eighth century. Probably the last governors sent from Constantinople together with the local aristocracy formed a political entity formally dependent on Constantinople but in fact independent. However, the ties were never completely severed: when in the 10th century the Byzantine Empire once again became an influential power in the Mediterranean, the Sardinian rulers, the IUDICES in Latin, the archons in Greek, restored and rebuilt churches with dedications in Middle Hellenic language, despite the fact that a neo-Latin language had already formed on the island. After yet another attempt at Muslim conquest, thwarted by the fleets of Genoa and Pisa, ties with the Eastern Empire began to become increasingly scarce. The Norman conquest of southern Italy put an end to relations with Constantinople. Despite this, the Sardinian IUDECES continued to use Byzantine symbols in the exercise of their power, the first writings of the Sardinian neo-Latin language were composed with the Greek alphabet and, still today in Sardinia we celebrate Saint Constantinus who, as is known, is a saint for the Orthodox church but not for the Catholic one. In one town, Sedilo, for the occasion, an equestrian competition around the sanctuary dedicated to him takes place, perhaps to celebrate the victory against Maxentius. Finally, returning to the classical era, in central-western Sardinia, there was a city called Neapolis, a clear Greek toponym, in Roman times. Historical sources tell us nothing about the history of this city. The ruins are still called Santa Maria di Nabui, in the local dialect, a clear continuation of the ancient toponym according to the phonetics of the local neo-Latin dialect.
It goes way way further back than that Mauro !!! Olbia by the way = Olvia = Όλβιος = Όλος + Βίος = Holo(Holistic) + Bio which was/is a wish for literally a ''full-life'' (on this realm = Βίος) that would lead to an advancement of the soul into the (after)life (=ζωή in Greek)... this means that life in Olbia must look/feel just like paradise!
@@epimetheus9053sorry but this looks like paretymology / folk etymology. The word όλβιος goes way back to Homer, meaning blissful. Careful with ψιλή and δασεία. 😊 But still a paradise, I guess! Btw the Oscar winning song 'Ta paidia tou Pirea' by Manos Hadjidakis has become an old folk song? 😂
Paris P. Συγνώμη φίλε μου αλλα έχεις άδικο. Αν ξαναδείς το βίντεο θα παρατηρήσεις ότι κάποια στιγμή ο καλαβρεζος ξεροβηχει ανεπαίσθητα για να καθαρίσει τη φωνή του. Αυτόν το ήχο έπιασε το αλβανό και είδε ομοιότητες με τη γλώσσα του. Αααα!!!! Πρέπει να είμαστε δίκαιοι, τα σύκα σύκα και τα σκατα στα μούτρα του.
I have seen this video many times. I absolutely love it. I can actually understand it - I am Greek. But I am mystically attracted to southern Italy and now I know why. May God allow me to visit these magical places and get to know these people and the land. Thank you so very much.
Δεν μπορώ να περιγράψω τα συναισθήματα μου βλέποντας αυτό το βίντεο! Την αγάπη μου και πολλούς χαιρετισμούς από έναν Έλληνα της διασποράς! Μια μέρα θα σας επισκεφθώ 🇬🇷❤️💙🇮🇹 #proud
I am a cypriot and my dna analysis showed that 25%of it its southern Italian decent,i lived in italy for 2 years and it felt like home :) we love you alot neighbours
This video and this language are amazing. My dad's side of the family is entirely from the region surrounding Reggio Calabria, specifically the city of Campo Calabro, and I would really love to take a DNA test to see how much Greek I have in me. I've always loved Greece and to me, we are one and the same. Una Faccia, Una Razza μια φατσα μια ρατσα
my parents are from nicaragua but on my dna test not only did i have greek dna, i found a great grandfather from calabria on my dad's side name antonio macripoli. Would love to know if he spoke calabrian greek
Thanks brothers and sisters, it's an honor and a pride, our blood and our ancestors have written the history of freedom in the world, a hug to all Greece and to all my Greek brothers, my surname is of Greek origin and it's quite a surname widespread in the areas of magna greece. one day i will come to visit my second home and i will come to learn the language of many of my ancestors.
my parents are from nicaragua but on my dna test not only did i have greek dna, i found a great grandfather from calabria on my dad's side of the family name antonio macripoli. Would love to know if he spoke calabrian greek
Hello from Cyprus. Really loved the video you made. So proud of these greek communities in Italy. And what a joy to see the 2 flags, the Greek and Cypriot flag. The dialect is beautiful. Its like hearing the Cypriot dialect with an Italian flavour
It is beautiful to see people preserving the culture of their forefathers. What I heard was a mix of classic and modern Greek, with a pinch of Italian, mainly the accent and a few latin words, and some pronunciation from southern Greece, like Cretan tsekism (the "che" instead of "ke" and the "sh" pronunciation instead of "χ" on the word "cherome" (χαίρομαι)). It was an amazing and interesting dialect.
Swede here. Been to Greece many times and i've got to say it is a beautiful country with great cuisine even though you have to kinda avoid the tourist traps
Incredible! I studied Koiné Greek years ago, and I thought there were no extant dialects connected to it. I think you’re right, I can see some similarities. It makes sense, historically speaking. Thanks for uploading!
This was incredible for me... I'm Greek- American and I lived in Italy and speak Italian... I understood everything they said and everything I read so naturally!!! The human mind is amazing and communication is... genius. MANE!!!!!
I have been born and raised in Greece, Thessaloniki and I can clearly understand everything he said, even tho modern greek is more simplified I still understand, he speaks more of an Ancient Greek type of dialect and I can see the Italian influence there as well, still he is very understandable Greetings from Greece! 👋
I saw "DROMO" road in roman font but it read as "ΟΔΟΣ" street in hellenic font underneath. I'm am glad that you were conscientious enough to ask the Papa about that particular gloss. 💙Χαιρετισμούς από την ελληνική διασπορά στη Νέα Ζηλανδία. 💙
Hans Gunsche ah yes. You are in great terms with albania, turkey, libia, bulgaria... you are literally a joke. Good luck paying your debt in in 2080. Which i doubt since the only thing you have in your country is tourism, and thats only because you have good weather, nothing greek people made, no production of anything.
@@rousod AHAHAHAHAH SO MANY ALBANIANS IN MY GREEK SCHOOL AND I ASKED SOME OF THEM IF THEY WOULD WANT TO RETURN BACK TO THAT SHITPLACE AND THEY SAID NO EVERYTHING WAS SHIT BACK THERE
Thank you again for bringing this video. I love that church - Greek Orthodox and very old. I would love to partake in the liturgy there along with the Griko people of that town. Thank you and God bless.
This video really touch me,I'm italian in my passport but my roots are Sardinian..the aspromonte of Galliciano looks the same of Sardinia..Never forget from where we come from..respect🙂
I'm Greek Cypriot,and I find it interesting that the first man used the sh sound which is also used by Cypriots when speaking Greek,however that sound isn't in the alphabet,but is used in some dialects of Greek.
Ellenic race was wiped out millenials ago, they’re now just a bunch of Ottomans, Jews, Africans, just like the rest of Europe, unlike Italy where none ever settled 😂 Italic race still the same people of 2000 BC
ΣΥΓΚΙΝΗΜΕΝΟΣ !!! Συγχαρητήρια για το βίντεο !!! Μας δίνεις την ευκαιρία να γνωρίσουμε κρυφές πτυχές της Αρχαίας-Ελληνικής Ιστορίας και τους άξιους συνεχιστές αυτής στην γειτονική Ιταλία !!!
Wow! That was amazing! It is truly unbelievable that the language has retained its basic structure for so many centuries. The power of language! Greetings from Greece :)
Δέος και ανατριχίλα... Ο Θεός μας ευλόγησε να γεννηθούμε ‘Έλληνες! 🇬🇷 Και είναι υποχρέωση μας, απέναντι στην ένδοξη Ιστορία μας και στους Μεγάλους προγόνους μας, να αποδειχθούμε αντάξιοι τους. Εύγε στους συντελεστές του video!
I'm Greek and it sounds to me like modern Greek mixed with ancient Greek with Italian accent, there are some different words but I think that I could easily communicate with a Calabrian Greek speaker. Great video!
Architect of that village is very similiar to Ionian islands, its logical if you consider we had venetian rule from mid - 14th centure until late 18th ...
My anchestors were sarakatsan a nomadic group of greek people and their homeland was the mountains in west Greece. I remember that my grandmother was saying ''aftos epke iena kandalo'' wich means he drunks much water . In this video I saw again this ancient word ''Kandalo'' wich means faucet in Calabrian dialect .This simmilarity shows the common origin of these two Greek races.In our dialect we have also many ancient words for exable we say ''aftos de nogaei'' wich means he can't understand .This sentence consist of two ancient words nogaei=nou+agei .Wich means guide the mind.I hope to have a nice evening!!!!
Really happy the algorithm brought this to me. I wish they would offer lectures about this at my uni, would love to learn about more of its history and culture :)
Its Greek but with an Italian accent. But they also use words they used back in ancient Greece. This is the first time I'm ever hearing this and its so amazing
Ειμαι περηφανος που ειμαι ελληνας.Και,οχι,μην αρχισετε τα εθνικιστικα.Ειμαι πατριωτης,οχι εθνικιστης.Οι Ιταλοι,ειναι αδερφια μας στα παντα.Κουλτουρα,αποψεις,συνηθειες.Εχω παει στην Καλαβρια και δεν χρειαζοταν καν να γνωριζω ιταλικα για να συννενοηθω,γιατι ηταν σχεδον σα να μιλαγα με γειτονα.Οταν καταλαβαν πως ειμαι Ελληνας,ειχα χοντρο προβλημα να φυγω,καθοτι ΟΛΟΙ ηθελαν να με φιλοξενησουν στο σπιτι τους,ΟΛΟΙ ηθελαν να με ταισουν,ΟΛΟΙ ηθελαν να με παντρεψουν!Αθανατη Ελλαδα...Μονο σε δυο αλλες χωρες το συναντησα αυτο.Σκωτια και Ιρλανδια.Βεβαια,κι αυτοι δικα μας "παιδια" ειναι,αλλα ας μην αρχισω να αναλυω την ιστορια...Καποιοι,μας λενε γραφικους.Καποιοι αλλοι,τεμπεληδες κι απατεωνες.Η αληθεια ειναι πως,σε καποιους λαους,οι συνηθειες μας,φανταζουν το λιγοτερο,εξωγηινες.Ομως,η Ελλαδα,ειναι πολλα περισσοτερα που,αν καποιος κατσει να τα ερευνησει,δεν θ'απογοητευτει.Συγνωμη για το μεγαλο κειμενο...
As a greek i understand Calabrian Greek easily... Μπράβο Ελληνες της Καλαβρίας που κρατάτατε τήν γλωσσα σας ζωντανή. και εμείς λέμε 'αρτε' για τώρα ΠΧ αρτι αφιχθείς ..
Fascinating how the language has developed. Understandably they have primarily adapted to the Latin and later Italian of their neighbours, as necessitated by trade amongst other activities. Ergo, phonetic variances such as the pronunciation of the Greek letters Γ, Ξ, Ψ, and Χ gradually became linguistic challenges and the language adapted around it by finding alternate words and ways of saying them. Alternatively, they are also obviously capable of pronouncing Italian phonetics which are alien to the Greek dialect, such as the “sc”, i.e. the “sh” sound in Italian words such as “scimia”, for example. This is also found in other distinctly Helenophonic cultures beyond mainland Greece, in islands such as Cyprus, which had Venetian as well as English influences through the centuries. And so, whereas an average Athenian might struggle a bit with the the pronunciation of words including a “sh” sound, a Cypriot wouldn’t have any problem at all, as they appear in phrases such as “shisto” and “shishame to bouton”.
Damn, real Greek descendants from the plan Magna Greacia and the expansion of Greece that ended in disaster because our own leaders started fighting each other the moment they arrived.
@Tom_Traveler Είσαι Ελληνοιταλός; Είχα δει το βίντεο σου ξανά παλιότερα, τώρα έτυχε να να το ξαναδώ μετά από πολύ καιρό. Πολύ ενδιαφέρον, ασχολήθηκα λίγο με το griko της Puglia, έχουν ωραίες μουσικές και ευτυχώς που έστω μέσα από αυτές διατηρείται μέρος της γλώσσας του griko. Ελπίζω μια μέρα να καταφέρω να ταξιδέψω σε εκείνα τα μέρη. Όσο ακόμα ομιλείται to griko. Είναι επιθυμία ζωής. Stasu kalos! :-)
Just now finding this video. Great! also, after the unification, a lot of regional Italian was lost as well. I've found out that "Americanized" Italian words, are words from lost dialects that were preserved when they emigrated. A family member was speaking Italian (leaned from home) to a native Italian, and they responded that he sounded like he was talking like a 90 year old.
It actually is like listening to Greek being spoken by a foreign person. The last gentleman spoke like people in the islands do, using "tse" instead of "Kai". They still speak like that, mostly in Crete.
If I'm not mistaken. Southern Italian dialect is heavily influenced from the Greek dialect due to Greeks in magnia Grecia and during the byzantine rule.
Not only completely different accent but also completely different language ...apulia speaks russian,,campania speaks mandarin chinese,,,calabria speaks bengali ,,,etc.etc
I am Greek-Italian born and raised in Italy: I can't really describe how proud I am to belong to these two amazing countries...GRE & ITA
Δηλαδή είσαι Έλληνας; Μιλάς Ελληνικά;
"One face, one race" 🙌
You are really lucky guy. I am jealous you 🇬🇷♥️🇮🇹
@@kostaspapas5894 Mr.Kostas, respect other people's opinions and choices and stop propagating your belief system.....
Prima Greco e poi Italiano xaxaxaxaxaxaxa Dai sto scerzando fratelo mio. Un grande abracio da izola di corfu Grecia.
Im greek and he spoke a mixed language of ancient greek , medieval greek and modern greek I understood everything, its so beautiful to see people still speak such an ancient language
Yes i know the balkans have very ancint language from the pelasgians
@George Washington Tamil in India is the oldest language in the world, still spoken.
@George Washington i think Tamil Chinese Greek Korean Latin are the oldest.
@George Washington jadan si kako plasiras srpsku propagandu neupucenima (he's spreading serbian propaganda, still salty... Everything on the Balkans is Serbian according to them, laughable and pathetic)
@George Washington yes im the moron here lmao
When Greek people see a video with Greek in the title: *Intense Greek breathing*
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Lmaoo
@@dimitrissamplidis7050 fucking toxic
@@hq3802 reeeeeeeeeee
@@dimitrissamplidis7050 bruh bet he's just kidding
My God, they use the ancient word "ὦδε" instead of "'ἐδῶ" for "here". "Arte" for "now" comes, pobably, from ancient "ἄρτι" ("just now"). Absolutely understandable by a modern Greek. So touching!!!
They obviously didnt lose the contact with Greek proper though. They pretty much speak modern Greek not koine or anything. Just another dialect with some Italian elements. Also it looks like many things have been reintroduced. Anyway I wouldnt trust someone that also speaks standard modern Greek like the man in the video. But anyway. It is fascinating.
In Punjabi we use ώδε for " there".
@@poonamhr it's probably an influence from the time of Alexander the Great and the later kingdom of Bactria.
@@poonamhr I'm wondering, how did an Indian ended up on this video lol? This video is so specific
@@jeanbiroute Im sinhala and watching this. I just got here through his monkey vs lizard video, king kong vs godzilla beta edition
italians and greeks are brothers.
una faccia una razza 🇮🇹❤️🇬🇷
Bro in Rhodes we said cannotiera=κανοτιέρα markutso=μαρκούτσο parafanko=παραφανκο panini=πανίνο and more🤣🇬🇷🇮🇹
Una faccia una razza🔝
😘😘😘
Μια φάτσα μια ράτσα 🇬🇷❤🇮🇹
Sadly that phrase is being used to kinda shame others who are of other ethnicity and stuff. Although I know the true meaning and it is true that Italians and Greeks are really close. Italian is a language I always wanted to learn and maybe that is the reason.
Greeks and Italians are siblings. I'm greek and I love Italy like my own country. Whenever I've been in Italy it feels like home. I haven't felt this way anywhere else. God bless you. We pray every day for our Italian brothers and especially in these difficult days.
We love you too 🇮🇹❤🇬🇷
Una faccia una razza
@@tommasosalvai4869 exactly!!!
@@toffelina83 discord.gg/Ub5Vb9N
@@roryg9388 discord.gg/Ub5Vb9N
I'm Greek and I just came back from a trip to Sicily and South Italy. The main purpose was that a good friend of mine was getting married to an Italian girl from Calabria, however, I wanted to turn this into a more pleasant experience, so initially, I visited the Sicilian east coast (passed by Catania, Taormina and ended up in Syracusa). I hadn't realized before the footprint of ancient Greek civilization in the area (yeah I had heard about Magna Grecia in school etc), but everywhere you turned there was an ancient monument! In Syracuse there was the museum of Archimedes, and a statue of him on the bridge where you enter the small island of Ortygia from the mainland part of the city. As soon as you enter Ortygia you see the ancient ruins of the temple of Apollo, then Piazza de Archimede,, and then Syracusa Duomo which was built on top of the ancient monument temple of Athina. You see "explore the Greek Syracusa" tours everywhere, big signs/advertisements of ancient tragedy theater plays etc etc. Furthermore, there was the Parco Archeologico of Neapolis, right at the side of the city of Syracusa, where you could visit ancient sites like the "Ear of Dionysius", the tomb of Archimedes, and of course Teatro Greco, a great full-size ancient amphitheater. There was a similar site in Taormina with another Teatro Greco there.
Then I visited mainland Italy, Palmi and Reggio Calabria, and while at the wedding, I was talking to local Italian friends of the couple and they told me there were areas in that region where people were still speaking the Greek language - Griko. They said you should definitely visit, but unfortunately, I didn't get the time. A few days after the catholic wedding, the couple also performed a small orthodox wedding ceremony at a Greek Orthodox nearby church "Chiesa Ortodossa di S.Elia e Filareto". I noticed that the priests there spoke to us in Greek but with an Italian accent.
Then on the way back to Sicily, we stopped by the seaside town of Scilla where the myth says that on the rocks by the Scilla town castle, the six dog-headed monster Scylla lived. The same monster (Σκύλα in Greek) and area is the one that according to Homer, Odysseus encountered on his way back to Ithaca.
Finally, the last couple of days were spent in a seaside hotel near Catania in Sicily again, and as I was relaxing one morning with my daughter by the hotel pool, there was an Italian couple with their two young children next to us. The woman comes up to me and asked where we were from, I said Greece. She then said: “Ha, I knew it, I recognized the words. This is the language that my mother was speaking in the house and the area she grew up in”... Then she explained that they were living in the city of Lecce, and apparently her mother’s house was in a small nearby town which was called….”Calimera”, which literally means “good morning” in Greek!! Actually, I thought she was joking at the time, but I googled it afterwards, and apparently, there really exists such a place!.
So, after this experience, I had to look up for more info on this “Griko” language and I'm glad I found this video!
I am of Calabrian and Sicilian descent. When I had my DNA analyzed, I was surprised and delighted by how much Greek blood I have. I feel blessed to be a part of two ancient and important cultures!
è normale, anzi in Calabria credo che l'influenza greca sia stata la più forte. PS mia madre è calabrese :)
HELLO,WELL DONE.WHERE ARE YOU LIVING IN MAGNA GRECIA?
@@violetka1197 your a spastic
But doesn't says the DNA Southern Italian or Greek? Because I friend of mine did it and southern Italian is considered as Greek or the opposite
@aris dhimas
Arberia- Cal-Arberia- Arberesh-Arvanitika!
I am from Sardinia. It seems quite a long way from Greece, however, digging in, the links pop up and are still important. It begins with the foundation of the city of Olbia which, according to classical writers, was founded by people from Φώκαια, Modern scholars have always rejected this hypothesis, until a few years ago, during some archaeological excavations, the typically Greek foundation emerged under the Punic city. The Greek city lasted a few decades but the name was preserved throughout the Roman period. After Sardinia it was conquered by the Vandals but reconquered, after about 80 years by Justinian and became a province of the Exarchate of Africa. When the Arabs conquered North Africa, Sardinia remained the only free province. The news on the early Middle Ages in Sardinia are sparse, the Byzantine gold coins disappeared during the eighth century. Probably the last governors sent from Constantinople together with the local aristocracy formed a political entity formally dependent on Constantinople but in fact independent. However, the ties were never completely severed: when in the 10th century the Byzantine Empire once again became an influential power in the Mediterranean, the Sardinian rulers, the IUDICES in Latin, the archons in Greek, restored and rebuilt churches with dedications in Middle Hellenic language, despite the fact that a neo-Latin language had already formed on the island. After yet another attempt at Muslim conquest, thwarted by the fleets of Genoa and Pisa, ties with the Eastern Empire began to become increasingly scarce. The Norman conquest of southern Italy put an end to relations with Constantinople. Despite this, the Sardinian IUDECES continued to use Byzantine symbols in the exercise of their power, the first writings of the Sardinian neo-Latin language were composed with the Greek alphabet and, still today in Sardinia we celebrate Saint Constantinus who, as is known, is a saint for the Orthodox church but not for the Catholic one. In one town, Sedilo, for the occasion, an equestrian competition around the sanctuary dedicated to him takes place, perhaps to celebrate the victory against Maxentius. Finally, returning to the classical era, in central-western Sardinia, there was a city called Neapolis, a clear Greek toponym, in Roman times. Historical sources tell us nothing about the history of this city. The ruins are still called Santa Maria di Nabui, in the local dialect, a clear continuation of the ancient toponym according to the phonetics of the local neo-Latin dialect.
It goes way way further back than that Mauro !!! Olbia by the way = Olvia = Όλβιος = Όλος + Βίος = Holo(Holistic) + Bio which was/is a wish for literally a ''full-life'' (on this realm = Βίος) that would lead to an advancement of the soul into the (after)life (=ζωή in Greek)... this means that life in Olbia must look/feel just like paradise!
🙏🙏❤
Great analysis
@@epimetheus9053sorry but this looks like paretymology / folk etymology. The word όλβιος goes way back to Homer, meaning blissful. Careful with ψιλή and δασεία. 😊 But still a paradise, I guess!
Btw the Oscar winning song 'Ta paidia tou Pirea' by Manos Hadjidakis has become an old folk song? 😂
sono greco di Peloponnese e ascoltando essere parlata la mia lingua ancora seguente di tanti milli anni, voglio piangere. Salute fratello.
Ως Κύπριος χάρηκα που είδα να χρησιμοποιούν και την Κυπριακή σημαία για να υποδείξουν το ελληνικό έθνος.
Αγαπάμε Κύπρο!
@@slipknoterman Η αγάπη αυτή είναι αγάπη αδελφική
@@andrem1403 Χωρίς καμία αμφιβολία.
Αδερφε ελλας κυπρος ενα εθνος❤
Αγαπουμεν την κυπρο και τους αρφους μας.πολλη αγαπη που εναν καλαμαρα που γνωριζει αρκετα κυπριακα
As a Greek, speaking modern greek, I understand 90% of what he said.
@Erjon Demaj I understand good too. Why don't you believe us? It even says it in the video dumbass. Are you Albanian?
ασε το troll να μιλαει μονο του, φαινεται απο το ονομα το γνωστικο του επιπεδο
Paris P. Συγνώμη φίλε μου αλλα έχεις άδικο. Αν ξαναδείς το βίντεο θα παρατηρήσεις ότι κάποια στιγμή ο καλαβρεζος ξεροβηχει ανεπαίσθητα για να καθαρίσει τη φωνή του. Αυτόν το ήχο έπιασε το αλβανό και είδε ομοιότητες με τη γλώσσα του. Αααα!!!! Πρέπει να είμαστε δίκαιοι, τα σύκα σύκα και τα σκατα στα μούτρα του.
@@konstantinosv.9858 αχαχαχαχα στην αρχή ψαρωσα έτσι πως ξεκινησες 😂
Παναγιώτης Μ. I love how that “are you Albanian?” Sounds like “are you stupid?”
I have seen this video many times. I absolutely love it. I can actually understand it - I am Greek. But I am mystically attracted to southern Italy and now I know why. May God allow me to visit these magical places and get to know these people and the land. Thank you so very much.
Δεν μπορώ να περιγράψω τα συναισθήματα μου βλέποντας αυτό το βίντεο! Την αγάπη μου και πολλούς χαιρετισμούς από έναν Έλληνα της διασποράς! Μια μέρα θα σας επισκεφθώ 🇬🇷❤️💙🇮🇹 #proud
I am a cypriot and my dna analysis showed that 25%of it its southern Italian decent,i lived in italy for 2 years and it felt like home :) we love you alot neighbours
Okay but what test dna did u take cuz I'm so interested and wanted to do it sometime
@@snowberry142 my heritage :)
This video and this language are amazing. My dad's side of the family is entirely from the region surrounding Reggio Calabria, specifically the city of Campo Calabro, and I would really love to take a DNA test to see how much Greek I have in me. I've always loved Greece and to me, we are one and the same.
Una Faccia, Una Razza
μια φατσα μια ρατσα
90%.
my parents are from nicaragua but on my dna test not only did i have greek dna, i found a great grandfather from calabria on my dad's side name antonio macripoli. Would love to know if he spoke calabrian greek
Magna Grecia 💪💪. Sono Calabrese e spero che il greco di Calabria non muoia mai
I am Greek but i didnt even know that this dialect exists
greek tv will never show you such things
@@epimetheus9053 I dont watch TV in general so I cant tell you if they will or not
That's incredible seems like we know they exist but we lost a bit our ties we all Greeks need to visit our brothers there 🇮🇹🤝🇬🇷
Thanks brothers and sisters, it's an honor and a pride, our blood and our ancestors have written the history of freedom in the world, a hug to all Greece and to all my Greek brothers, my surname is of Greek origin and it's quite a surname widespread in the areas of magna greece.
one day i will come to visit my second home and i will come to learn the language of many of my ancestors.
my parents are from nicaragua but on my dna test not only did i have greek dna, i found a great grandfather from calabria on my dad's side of the family name antonio macripoli. Would love to know if he spoke calabrian greek
Being Dutch I speak Greek for 35 years and now I learn Italian. That's why I found your video very interesting. Thnaks for posting.
The village reminds me a lot of old villages in my place, in Corfu Greece. There is too much in common in our heritage
Hello from Cyprus. Really loved the video you made. So proud of these greek communities in Italy. And what a joy to see the 2 flags, the Greek and Cypriot flag. The dialect is beautiful. Its like hearing the Cypriot dialect with an Italian flavour
It is beautiful to see people preserving the culture of their forefathers.
What I heard was a mix of classic and modern Greek, with a pinch of Italian, mainly the accent and a few latin words, and some pronunciation from southern Greece, like Cretan tsekism (the "che" instead of "ke" and the "sh" pronunciation instead of "χ" on the word "cherome" (χαίρομαι)).
It was an amazing and interesting dialect.
Great video! The Griko dialect and the way it is spoken reminds me of of the way Greek is spoken on the island of Crete in Greece.
Fun fact: You searched this up
Nope we didnt
Even funnier fact:you aren't original nor funny.
@@jayt9245 How that makes him simp?
@@Anonymus-xz7wd he backed up the girl
Actually, yeah I did. Was searching for cappadocian greek, but I found this instead. Wasn't disappointed.
I’m Greek and I’m actually beyond proud!!
Swede here. Been to Greece many times and i've got to say it is a beautiful country with great cuisine even though you have to kinda avoid the tourist traps
@@ll-y8 Your google translate was jibberish
@@ll-y8 bruh 😐
You should be!!!!!!
Wow what a video I came across RUclips I'm a Cypriot and this gave me goosebumps some of their greek is close to the Cypriot Greek dialect
Incredible! I studied Koiné Greek years ago, and I thought there were no extant dialects connected to it. I think you’re right, I can see some similarities. It makes sense, historically speaking. Thanks for uploading!
I live literally 50 km from this place and I did not understand a single word they say in greek. Such a shame this language was lost in time..
Claudio Iero un tempo tutto il sud parlava greco ma oggi purtroppo il dialetto è italianizzato....
@@tsstarantellasoundsystem discord.gg/5ghb3rnDH2
This was incredible for me... I'm Greek- American and I lived in Italy and speak Italian... I understood everything they said and everything I read so naturally!!! The human mind is amazing and communication is... genius. MANE!!!!!
Kalì nifta! Se finno ce pao;
plaja 'su ti 'vo pirta prikò
ce pu pao, pu sirno, pu steo
'sti kkardìa-mu panta sena vastò.»
Im impressed by how well the camera man's Grek accent is (from what i understood he's American) as well as noticing almost no grammatical mistakes
I have been born and raised in Greece, Thessaloniki and I can clearly understand everything he said, even tho modern greek is more simplified I still understand, he speaks more of an Ancient Greek type of dialect and I can see the Italian influence there as well, still he is very understandable Greetings from Greece! 👋
I saw "DROMO" road in roman font but it read as "ΟΔΟΣ" street in hellenic font underneath. I'm am glad that you were conscientious enough to ask the Papa about that particular gloss. 💙Χαιρετισμούς από την ελληνική διασπορά στη Νέα Ζηλανδία. 💙
That's where I come from!
Keep talking the greek way.salute from Athens.
salute from albania. north greece is ours
Hans Gunsche ? Who likes greece in balkan?
Hans Gunsche did you pay your debt ny the way?
Hans Gunsche ah yes. You are in great terms with albania, turkey, libia, bulgaria... you are literally a joke. Good luck paying your debt in in 2080. Which i doubt since the only thing you have in your country is tourism, and thats only because you have good weather, nothing greek people made, no production of anything.
@@rousod AHAHAHAHAH SO MANY ALBANIANS IN MY GREEK SCHOOL AND I ASKED SOME OF THEM IF THEY WOULD WANT TO RETURN BACK TO THAT SHITPLACE AND THEY SAID NO EVERYTHING WAS SHIT BACK THERE
Thank you again for bringing this video. I love that church - Greek Orthodox and very old. I would love to partake in the liturgy there along with the Griko people of that town. Thank you and God bless.
This is the coolest thing I've seen today. Proud to see this.
Greetings from NORTHERN EPIRUS (ΒΌΡΕΙΟ ΉΠΕΙΡΟ ) SALUTATE LA MAGNA GRECIA NOI SIAMO LA MAGNA GRECIA
I’m not Greek or Italian but now I wish I was ahahah.
Πρώτη φορά ακούω για αυτή τη διάλεκτο... είναι πραγματικά εκπληκτικό που έχει επιβιώσει μέχρι σήμερα
love and best wishes for our brothers italians, αγαπη πολυ και κουραγια απ την ελλαδα
WOW....he speaks Greek, with small Italian accent... I Understood Everything...very nice
This sounds like Greek-italian with a few ancient Greek words thrown in there...either way it's a beautiful village.
The man looks very sweet 🥺❤️ well done 👏
This video really touch me,I'm italian in my passport but my roots are Sardinian..the aspromonte of Galliciano looks the same of Sardinia..Never forget from where we come from..respect🙂
I'm Greek Cypriot,and I find it interesting that the first man used the sh sound which is also used by Cypriots when speaking Greek,however that sound isn't in the alphabet,but is used in some dialects of Greek.
I often get the feeling Greeks are more Roman than the Italians. Anyway, like in the movie “Mediterraneo”, “One face, one race”. 👍🏻
Well, it's true. We kept the Eastern Roman Empire alive for 1.100 years after the West fell. We still call ourselves Romioi (Romans)
Ellenic race was wiped out millenials ago, they’re now just a bunch of Ottomans, Jews, Africans, just like the rest of Europe, unlike Italy where none ever settled 😂 Italic race still the same people of 2000 BC
ΣΥΓΚΙΝΗΜΕΝΟΣ !!! Συγχαρητήρια για το βίντεο !!! Μας δίνεις την ευκαιρία να γνωρίσουμε κρυφές πτυχές της Αρχαίας-Ελληνικής Ιστορίας και τους άξιους συνεχιστές αυτής στην γειτονική Ιταλία !!!
Ρε Πατρίδα Ευχαριστώ για το βίντεο!!! I loved it. I hope I can visit there one day.
A Cypriot, Greek and a Byzantime flag in Italy. A big thank you to the inhabitants there from a Greek Cypriot. Much respect
Καλησπέρα! Χαίρομαι πάρα πολύ που βλέπω ότι διατηρείται αυτή η διάλεκτος. Αγάπη από την Ελλάδα. 🇮🇹❤️🇬🇷
Italians, Spaniards, and Greeks. Una facca una raza. Que viva el mediterráneo.
Not Spaniards
@@lucajacovig8159 Yes Spaniards, no me jodas puñeta.
@@lawrencerodriguez6671 the Spaniards are our brothers! Love them!
Wow! That was amazing! It is truly unbelievable that the language has retained its basic structure for so many centuries. The power of language! Greetings from Greece :)
Wonderful. From one ancient nation to another: Greetings from Kurdistan, Hellenic brethren!
Stay strong. You are an amazing people!
@@polytrelaras1 Thanks! So are you guys.
Amazing! So many common things between this place of Italy and Greece! Some things are identical!
I am come from Crotone and my city was build from a group of Greek warriors called Achei very proud of it
Δέος και ανατριχίλα...
Ο Θεός μας ευλόγησε να γεννηθούμε ‘Έλληνες! 🇬🇷
Και είναι υποχρέωση μας, απέναντι στην ένδοξη Ιστορία μας και στους Μεγάλους προγόνους μας, να αποδειχθούμε αντάξιοι τους.
Εύγε στους συντελεστές του video!
I'm Greek and it sounds to me like modern Greek mixed with ancient Greek with Italian accent, there are some different words but I think that I could easily communicate with a Calabrian Greek speaker. Great video!
Similar to the Greek Cypriot dialect. Great video. Would like to see more
You did a great job documenting this! Fascinating
Architect of that village is very similiar to Ionian islands, its logical if you consider we had venetian rule from mid - 14th centure until late 18th ...
Tom συγχαρητήρια για το video!!!😊
There was no calabrian in this language. Just Greek
I am Greek Cyprian. and the dialect is the same as ours
Italians should finally learn about the persecutions these people have faced along with the Greeks of northern Epirus in the hands of their country.
My anchestors were sarakatsan a nomadic group of greek people and their homeland was the mountains in west Greece. I remember that my grandmother was saying ''aftos epke iena kandalo'' wich means he drunks much water . In this video I saw again this ancient word ''Kandalo'' wich means faucet in Calabrian dialect .This simmilarity shows the common origin of these two Greek races.In our dialect we have also many ancient words for exable we say ''aftos de nogaei'' wich means he can't understand .This sentence consist of two ancient words nogaei=nou+agei .Wich means guide the mind.I hope to have a nice evening!!!!
Really happy the algorithm brought this to me. I wish they would offer lectures about this at my uni, would love to learn about more of its history and culture :)
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O understand everything he says!!! The Greek language is quite intact! Only some Italian words, and some doric variations.😍😍😍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇬🇷
this man: speaks his language
60K people: INTERESTING
This is incredible, I never knew this dialect existed! Wow
I hope this dialect is preserved. Such an interesting gem!
I live in Athens, born and raised, I have no problem understand the old chap! Hold on to tradition and history for so many years, bless you!
Quando perdi tutti i territori a Risiko tranne uno
Its Greek but with an Italian accent. But they also use words they used back in ancient Greece. This is the first time I'm ever hearing this and its so amazing
theres no italian accent , rather latin calabrian accent , in italy we dont have a single standard italian accent.Doesnt exist at all
@@lucajacovig8159but there's standard Italian and surely these villagers speak it as well. Could have an influence on pronunciation.
That's amazing! So bizarre and beautiful at the same time!
Appreciate the description below you put! A lot of cool insights. I recommend people to read it (the description of the video if that wasn’t clear)
I'm an Italian who goes to Bova during holidays and I was so surprised to see this lost place in an English video. Thank you
"Propably a thousand years".. propably 3 times that.
Ειμαι περηφανος που ειμαι ελληνας.Και,οχι,μην αρχισετε τα εθνικιστικα.Ειμαι πατριωτης,οχι εθνικιστης.Οι Ιταλοι,ειναι αδερφια μας στα παντα.Κουλτουρα,αποψεις,συνηθειες.Εχω παει στην Καλαβρια και δεν χρειαζοταν καν να γνωριζω ιταλικα για να συννενοηθω,γιατι ηταν σχεδον σα να μιλαγα με γειτονα.Οταν καταλαβαν πως ειμαι Ελληνας,ειχα χοντρο προβλημα να φυγω,καθοτι ΟΛΟΙ ηθελαν να με φιλοξενησουν στο σπιτι τους,ΟΛΟΙ ηθελαν να με ταισουν,ΟΛΟΙ ηθελαν να με παντρεψουν!Αθανατη Ελλαδα...Μονο σε δυο αλλες χωρες το συναντησα αυτο.Σκωτια και Ιρλανδια.Βεβαια,κι αυτοι δικα μας "παιδια" ειναι,αλλα ας μην αρχισω να αναλυω την ιστορια...Καποιοι,μας λενε γραφικους.Καποιοι αλλοι,τεμπεληδες κι απατεωνες.Η αληθεια ειναι πως,σε καποιους λαους,οι συνηθειες μας,φανταζουν το λιγοτερο,εξωγηινες.Ομως,η Ελλαδα,ειναι πολλα περισσοτερα που,αν καποιος κατσει να τα ερευνησει,δεν θ'απογοητευτει.Συγνωμη για το μεγαλο κειμενο...
As a greek i understand Calabrian Greek easily... Μπράβο Ελληνες της Καλαβρίας που κρατάτατε τήν γλωσσα σας ζωντανή. και εμείς λέμε 'αρτε' για τώρα ΠΧ αρτι αφιχθείς ..
Proud of my country and region.
Fascinating how the language has developed. Understandably they have primarily adapted to the Latin and later Italian of their neighbours, as necessitated by trade amongst other activities. Ergo, phonetic variances such as the pronunciation of the Greek letters Γ, Ξ, Ψ, and Χ gradually became linguistic challenges and the language adapted around it by finding alternate words and ways of saying them. Alternatively, they are also obviously capable of pronouncing Italian phonetics which are alien to the Greek dialect, such as the “sc”, i.e. the “sh” sound in Italian words such as “scimia”, for example. This is also found in other distinctly Helenophonic cultures beyond mainland Greece, in islands such as Cyprus, which had Venetian as well as English influences through the centuries. And so, whereas an average Athenian might struggle a bit with the the pronunciation of words including a “sh” sound, a Cypriot wouldn’t have any problem at all, as they appear in phrases such as “shisto” and “shishame to bouton”.
Damn, real Greek descendants from the plan Magna Greacia and the expansion of Greece that ended in disaster because our own leaders started fighting each other the moment they arrived.
@Tom_Traveler Είσαι Ελληνοιταλός; Είχα δει το βίντεο σου ξανά παλιότερα, τώρα έτυχε να να το ξαναδώ μετά από πολύ καιρό. Πολύ ενδιαφέρον, ασχολήθηκα λίγο με το griko της Puglia, έχουν ωραίες μουσικές και ευτυχώς που έστω μέσα από αυτές διατηρείται μέρος της γλώσσας του griko. Ελπίζω μια μέρα να καταφέρω να ταξιδέψω σε εκείνα τα μέρη. Όσο ακόμα ομιλείται to griko. Είναι επιθυμία ζωής. Stasu kalos! :-)
I'm Greek-American with below average Greek speaking abilities and understand them speaking.
That's very interesting my friend.
My 5th Great Grandfather live here in 1800!
Just now finding this video. Great! also, after the unification, a lot of regional Italian was lost as well. I've found out that "Americanized" Italian words, are words from lost dialects that were preserved when they emigrated. A family member was speaking Italian (leaned from home) to a native Italian, and they responded that he sounded like he was talking like a 90 year old.
these are our HELLENIC brothers and sisters in italy the so called MEGALI ELLADA =GREAT ELLAS
It actually is like listening to Greek being spoken by a foreign person. The last gentleman spoke like people in the islands do, using "tse" instead of "Kai". They still speak like that, mostly in Crete.
I understand 100% his Greek language. Its a mix of medieval Greek mainly with some modern and some ancient Greek
If I'm not mistaken. Southern Italian dialect is heavily influenced from the Greek dialect due to Greeks in magnia Grecia and during the byzantine rule.
greek language has turned very progressively over the centuries into the southern italian dialect
Souther italian dialect doesn't exist, from a village to another there's a completely different accent
Not only completely different accent but also completely different language ...apulia speaks russian,,campania speaks mandarin chinese,,,calabria speaks bengali ,,,etc.etc
A good 15% of the Sicilian lexicon is Greek
40% of sicilian towns bearing greek name
Sort of Cypriots
@jim doe what about romanian
The two cradles of western civilization represented in one place
The legacy of the Roman Empire/Byzantine Empire is still felt in Southern Italy. I find that very interesting
You also have the "che" (τσαί) in modern Greek Cyprus and Crete dialects
These italic Greek speaking people were know by ancient Greeks "italiotes".. Curious that they retained some Greek language after 2500 years
what is byzantine empire
@@lulu-oo9cc if you want I explain
fenotipobombay they are today Greeks after 2500 years
fenotipobombay their language is the Ancient Greek not the modern Greek
"Old greek song" is song "Children of Piraeus" composed by Manos Hatzidakis in 1960.
As a Romanian Orthodox Christian whenever I see the Byzantine flag and Orthodox Churches I hit the like button !
Bravo Greka