What Calabrian Greek sounds like

Hearing Calabrian Greek spoken in the villages of Gallicianò and Bova. For those who speak Greek, I didn’t find it to be ancient or Doric sounding at all. There are some words that certainly are old (“outhe“ for “no“, “chloro“ for the color green, “anthos“ for flower, “platego“ for “to speak“ which probably comes from “politeuo“ (πολιτευω) which means “to act like a citizen/speak in a public forum“ etc.). But it basically sounds like Italianized modern Greek with some ancient words. There appear to be no theta, gamma, or delta sounds evidencing Latin/Italian influence. Anything beginning with a “kappa“ is pronounced with a “che“ rather than a hard c sound like modern Greek. Hence you hear “che“ for “and“ instead of kai (και). The “ψ“ is inverted. Rather than a “ps“ sound in modern Greek, Calabrian Greek say “sp.“ Hence, the modern Greek word “psyche“ (ψυχή) is pronounced “spyche.“ Also all “chi“ (“Χ“) and “xi“sounds (“Ξ“) seem pronounced like “sh“ which is common in modern Italian. ......
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