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lonewolfcypriot
01-14-2019, 06:13 PM
I’ve been doing some research lately. I found out that…

- Italian input in Cypriots is virtually non-existent. Only a handful of noble families, and troops settled the island during the 80 year occupation period of the venetians and most of these people left after the Ottomans took over. It was only rare cases who stayed and converted to Islam but these were too tiny to make an impact.

- It is clear to me that the Southern European element in Cypriots is of Greek origin. History proves this to be true many times. Mycenaean, Ptolemy and Macedonia have all ruled Cyprus not to mention that the Greek language was spoken there since the beginning of recorded history.

Some members seem to think that I have some type of 'agenda' for some reason. All I want to say is that I don't care about propaganda, I care only for facts. I could care less for past grievances.

Peterski
01-14-2019, 06:24 PM
Insular (Cretan, Dodecanese, etc.) and Anatolian Greek, yes.

But I don't think they have Mainland Greek input.

lonewolfcypriot
01-14-2019, 06:39 PM
Insular (Cretan, Dodecanese, etc.) and Anatolian Greek, yes.

But I don't think they have Mainland Greek input.

I am not qualified to answer this question but I believe they did come from mainland, I think it was the Peloponnese.

lonewolfcypriot
01-14-2019, 07:16 PM
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Tauromachos
01-14-2019, 07:30 PM
I am not qualified to answer this question but I believe they did come from mainland, I think it was the Peloponnese.

They were Acheans from Arcadia in the Peloponnese

The dialect is therefore called Arcado Cypriot

lonewolfcypriot
01-14-2019, 07:32 PM
They were Acheans from Arcadia in the Peloponnese

The dialect is therefore called Arcado Cypriot

That's it.
Well, it might of been Arcadian dialect back then but now Cypriot Greek is its own dialect all together.

Tauromachos
01-14-2019, 07:34 PM
That's it.
Well, it might of been Arcadian dialect back then but now Cypriot Greek is its own dialect all together.

Cypriot is one of the modern dialects which has still preserved many ancient words and phrases

You can ask Thanas about it
He knows

lonewolfcypriot
01-14-2019, 07:48 PM
Cypriot is one of the modern dialects which has still preserved many ancient words and phrases

You can ask Thanas about it
He knows

interesting..

Thanas Django
01-15-2019, 04:00 PM
Now that we have established that Greek Cypriots are not just hellenized levantines and Turkish Cypriots are not just Muslim Greek Cypriots what's next?

lonewolfcypriot
01-15-2019, 04:01 PM
We have to test the Maronites now:D