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Tsakonian

noun
Tsa·ko·ni·an | \tsəˈkōnēən\
plural -s

Definition of Tsakonian 

: a modern dialect of Greek spoken in a restricted area in the Peloponnesus and preserving some features of ancient non-Koine dialect

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History and Etymology for Tsakonian

Tsakon, region in the eastern Peloponnesus, Greece + English -an

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