Location map of the Griko-speaking areas Grecìa Salentina and Bovesia
Bovesia, otherwise known as Grecìa Calabra (Calabrian Greece), is one of the two remaining Griko-speaking areas in southern Italy, the other being Grecìa Salentina. It is located at the tip of Calabria, near Reggio, and consists of nine villages. Its population is significantly smaller than the one of Grecìa Salentina.
It consists of the villages:
Bova (Calabrian Greek Chòra tu Vùa, Βοῦα, or i Chora) and Bova Marina (Greek Jalo tu Vùa) (3870 inhabitants)
Palizzi (Spiròpoli) and Palizzi Marina,
Condofuri (Kontofyria, or Kontochòri, meaning «near the village»)
Bovesia, otherwise known as Grecìa Calabra (Calabrian Greece), is one of the two remaining Griko-speaking areas in southern Italy, the other being Grecìa...
one linguistic hypothesis among many. The Greek-speaking territory of Bovesia lies in very mountainous terrain and is not easily accessible. In recent...
survived to the present day. One example is the Griko people in Calabria (Bovesia) and Salento (Grecìa Salentina), some of whom still maintain their Greek...
fiumare dette di S. Pasquale, di Palizzi e Sidèroni e che costituiscono la Bovesia vera e propria. Compresa nei territori di cinque comuni (Bova Superiore...
dello Stilaro Vallata del Torbido Epizefiri Vallata del Bonamico Heracleum Bovesia Costa Viola Grande Reggio Piana di Gioia Tauro Costa dei gelsomini Locris...
Archdiocese of Italy and Malta Griko language Magna Graecia Grecìa Salentina Bovesia "Grecia Salentina official site (in Italian)". www.greciasalentina.org...
inhabitants. The Calabrian Greek region also consists of nine villages in Bovesia, (including Bova Superiore, Roghudi, Gallicianò, Chorìo di Roghudi and...
Greek.[citation needed] Today, Calabrian Greek is spoken in nine towns of Bovesìa including Bova Superiore, Roghudi, Gallicianò, Chorìo di Roghudi, Bova...
southernmost municipality on the Italian Peninsula. It is part of the Bovesia Greek-speaking area of Calabria, occupying a hilly area which descends...
language still spoken in a few places in Salento, southern Apulia, and in Bovesia, southern Calabria) and found several indications suggesting that Italiot-Greek...
Filologici e Linguistici Siciliani, pp. 63–84. Martino, P. 2008a. L'affaire Bovesìa. Un singolare irredentismo, in Alloglossie e comunità alloglotte nell'Italia...
in Palizzi. It is one of the Greek (Griko dialect) speaking villages of Bovesia one of the two Griko-speaking areas of southern Italy. Palizzi borders...
influences. Another important linguistic minority, in the nine towns of Bovesìa in the province of Reggio Calabria, speaks a derivative of ancient Greek...
Christmas season. The ethnic Greeks living in Grecìa Salentina (Apulia) and Bovesia (Calabria) have their own distinct dialects (the Griko or Grecanico, respectively)...
survived to the present day. One example is the Griko people in Calabria (Bovesia) and Salento (Grecìa Salentina), some of whom still maintain their Greek...
south Italy Salento (Grecia Salentina, together with Italian) Calabria (Bovesia, together with Italian) Guaraní: Bolivia Paraguay in Argentina Corrientes...
Beaumont-le-Vicomte Belmonvisconte Beaune Beona / Belna (old) Beauvais Bovesia, Bellovaco (old) Belgodère Belgodere (the Italian form being the original)...
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