Tsakonian
[également appelé Tsaconia, Tsakonia,]Classification : Indo-European
·en grand danger
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En grand danger
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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2000-4000
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"Tsakonian is supposed to be a critically endangered language because of its relatively small number of fluent speakers which are estimated to be 2000 to 4000 and because of the lack of a younger generation."
- TRANSMISSION
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- AUTRES LANGUES PARLÉES PAR LA COMMUNAUTÉ
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Greek
- COMMENTAIRES SUR LE CONTEXTE DE LA LANGUE
"The southern Tsakonian area speakers form quite a heterogeneous bilingual community. The percentage of population which doesn`t speak Tsakonian is high in the town of Leonidion and very low in the surrounding villages."
- PLACES
- Arcadia, Greece
- COMMENTAIRES SUPPLÉMENTAIRES
"The northern variant is spread in the villages of Kastanitsa and Sitena, and the southern one is used in the city of Leonidion, and some villages to the North: Vaskina, Melana, Pragmatevtis, Tyros, Sapunokeika, and Agios Andreas.... The village of Prastos should be mentioned apart, because it is situated in the mountains and is distinct and isolated from the main southern dialect area. The population of Prastos spends there only a few months in the summer and leaves to Agios Andreas during the winter period."