Greco

Teaching materials

The Calabrian dialect of Greek, or Grecanico is the variety of Italiot Greek.

Documentation

To this day, Greko completely lacks a language documentation project. For this reason, one of the most precious outputs of COLING for the Calabrian Greek community is the approximately 1100 minutes of audio and video material, recorded thanks to...

Documentary “To ddomadi – Lingue, volti e luoghi ritrovati”

The documentary “To ddomadi – Lingue, volti e luoghi ritrovati” by Davide Carbone and Freedom Pentimalli reveals the core of the Greko language school “To ddomadi greko”. It shows how it works, the dynamics, the educational methods, and the...

Orthographic standardization for Greko and Griko

The Greek varieties of Calabria and Salento stopped being transmitted from parents to children in the last century. Anyone wishing to learn them today can count on the indispensable help of the last generations of native speakers, but must...

Videogame

The goal of this videogame is to make use of music and interaction-based games to engage children and young people in learning the language. In particular, participants are asked to learn traditional songs in Greko and complete fun interactive...

Board games

Two board games have been created by new speakers and activists —one takes inspiration from both “Monopoly” and “Pandemic”, while the other draws its inspiration from the realm of “Voodoo”. The first game is named “An me platetsise zio”...

Exercises for kids “Matthènnome ismìa”

The exercise sheets are designed to offer a targeted teaching approach for school-age children. Easy and intuitive language exercises are offered, reflecting the actual structure and usage of Calabria Greek and not requiring complex explanations. Through guided and engaging...

Greek myths

This work consists of six fables from Ancient Greece adapted in short and simple versions for children. The selected tales include rich descriptions of animals, foods, people and places so that children can easily acquire basic and useful vocabulary...

Storybook “Ta ònera tu Pandalemu”

Ta ònera tu Pandalemu: A collection of short stories set between dreams and memories of the writer who has experienced them and takes on the task of writing them down directly in Greko. The book is conceived as an...

Textbook “Iche enan viaggio…”

Iche enan viaggio…: A textbook for intermediate and advanced level study. The book comprises oral texts both in prose and in verses selected from the anthology “Testi Neogreci di Calabria”. It aims to help students familiarize themselves with the...

Greko online language course

A fun online Calabrian Greek course for beginners, full of grammatical rules… but also anecdotes and curiosities. At the end of the course you will be able to practice further by learning traditional and pop songs accompanied by interactive...

Grèko in Gaḍḍicianò. Location-based game

Download the game board and task list as pdf files [Grèko in Gaḍḍicianò MAP, TASKS] [Γκρέκο στο Γκαλλιτσιανό MAP, TASKS]

Greco – Italiano dictionary

Greco – Italiano dictionary and Italiano – Greco dictionary available online! See below or here: https://colingua.al.uw.edu.pl/greko/