Kalymnian
9.9
A form of Greek spoken on the island of Kalymnos
- noun
- Specialized
:
calimnio
- Many visitors to Kalymnos learn to speak Kalymnian during their stay on the island.
Examples
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Kalymnian skies are punctuated by occasional bursts of dynamite throughout the year.
Academic text (1996) -
The Kalymnian language has unique expressions not found in other Greek dialects.
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The students in the class practiced their Kalymnian pronunciation with the teacher.
Surface Forms
Kalymnian singular
Kalymnians plural
Morphology
Kalymnian = Kalymnos (transparent) = Kalymnos + ian
Derived by adding '-ian' to the place name to yield a noun for the local variety or people; the formation is regular and predictable for learners.
Etymology
Kalymnian as the name of a language comes from Kalymnos, so it means 'the Greek of Kalymnos' or the local way people speak there. Saying someone speaks Kalymnian means they speak the island's own form of Greek.
