Yahoo

Only 900 speakers of the Sanna language remain. Now Cyprus' Maronites are mounting a comeback

KORMAKITIS, Cyprus (AP) — Ash dangled precariously from Iosif Skordis' cigarette as he reminisced with fellow villagers in a language on the edge of extinction, one that partly traces its roots to the ...
Cyprus Mail

Learning Greek, speaking Cypriot: what’s wrong with a classroom in dialect?

The Cypriot dialect has travelled a long way from the margins. Once confined to casual conversations and jokes among friends, it is now breaking into public life, heard in radio ads, TV sketches, and ...
Yahoo

AP PHOTOS: Cyprus' Maronites fight to stop their Cypriot Maronite Arabic from extinction

KORMAKITIS, Cyprus (AP) — Only about 900 people in the world speak Cypriot Maronite Arabic. The offshoot of Syrian Arabic has been passed on orally over the centuries. Now it is at risk of extinction.
Cyprus Mail

First-ever language app for Cypriot Greek launched

The first mobile language app dedicated entirely to Cypriot Greek, Cyprusays, was launched on Thursday, offering users around the world the chance to learn and speak this distinctive Mediterranean ...
Hartford Courant

Only 900 speakers of the Sanna language remain. Now Cyprus’ Maronites are mounting a comeback

KORMAKITIS, Cyprus (AP) — Ash dangled precariously from Iosif Skordis’ cigarette as he reminisced with fellow villagers in a language on the edge of extinction, one that partly traces its roots to the ...