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Day: February 25, 2017

What are some characteristics of the Greek dialect spoken by Sarakatsani?

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Posted in categories: Linguistics, Modern Greek

Stand back everyone, I’ll handle this one. 🙂 The Sarakatsani are traditionally nomadic shepherds in Northern Greece and Bulgaria, who speak Greek. Their origins have excited interest, because the Vlachs are traditionally nomadic shepherds through the southern Balkans, who speak Aromanian, and there has been speculation about whether the two populations are related. The most […]