The Greek Language of Calabria
English - Latest Articles : Ancient Hellas - Latest posts Discover a language spoken for centuries by Hellenic people of the Southern Italian region of Calabria. The Greek Language is alive today, in Calabria (Sicily, Italy). (Video) What is Calabrian Greek? Calabrian Greek (or Greko, as we call it) is the language that has been spoken for centuries by Greko people in the Calabria region of Southern Italy. Although now confined to be spoken in a handful of towns and villages in the mountainous region of Aspromonte, it was once spoken by a large portion of the Calabrian population, before gradually being abandoned, due to socio-economic reasons, for the local romance varieties spoken nowaday in the area. Why is it worth it to keep it alive? Calabrian Greek is our ancestral language, spoken (someone believes uninterruptedly) since the 7th century BC, when, following the Greek diaspora, the Greeks from the motherland migrated westward and settled in Southern Italy. Calabrian Greek i