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Anna Charalambidou
Linguist and SPROCKET Hub Senior Manager at UCL, co-founder of the Grenglish Project documenting Cypriot Greek-English hybrid speech in London's Greek Cypriot diaspora.
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Oct 2, 2026
*NEW EPISODE!* 55. The Grenglish Project: Cypriot Greek in the Diaspora with Anna Charalambidou and Petros Karatsareas
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8:33AndreasHOST
For those who aren't familiar with Cypriot Greek and for those listeners who might not be familiar with Greek at all, could you explain some of the key features for listeners who aren't familiar with the language?
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8:43Anna CharalambidouGUEST
So Greek is one of the two official languages of Cyprus, the other being Turkish.
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8:49Anna CharalambidouGUEST
And the way Greek is taught at schools is very similar to standard modern Greek spoken in Greece.
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8:55Anna CharalambidouGUEST
So the language, the formal language of education, of media, of policy documents, of literature is similar.
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9:05Anna CharalambidouGUEST
However, the language used for everyday spoken communication and for some media interactions, perhaps more humorous, is different.
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19:09AndreasHOST
Would you say then there was some pushback and resistance? Am I reading that right?