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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.

Oct 2, 2026

AndreasHOST
8:33
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?
8:43
So Greek is one of the two official languages of Cyprus, the other being Turkish.
8:49
And the way Greek is taught at schools is very similar to standard modern Greek spoken in Greece.
8:55
So the language, the formal language of education, of media, of policy documents, of literature is similar.
9:03
There's some small difference, very similar.
9:05
However, the language used for everyday spoken communication and for some media interactions, perhaps more humorous, is different.
9:13
It's commonly described as a dialect.

10 MINS LATER

AndreasHOST
19:09
Would you say then there was some pushback and resistance? Am I reading that right?

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