Editing Griko language (section)

== Geographic distribution ==
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Two small Italiot Greek-speaking communities survive today in the Italian regions of [[Calabria]] ([[Province of Reggio Calabria|Metropolitan city of Reggio Calabria]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-27 |title=The 'Griko' Culture of Southern Italy |url=https://www.tovima.com/stories/the-griko-culture-of-southern-italy/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=tovima.com |language=en}}</ref> and [[Puglia]] ([[Province of Lecce]]).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frontwards |date=2022-08-06 |title=The Materiality of Griko: Language as Sounds and Images – Discover |url=https://poetrylondon.co.uk/the-materiality-of-griko-language-as-sounds-and-images/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=Poetry London |language=en}}</ref>

The Italiot Greek-speaking area of Puglia is called [[Grecìa Salentina]] and includes seven villages where Griko is still spoken – [[Calimera]], [[Castrignano dei Greci]], [[Corigliano d’Otranto]], [[Martano]], [[Martignano]], [[Sternatia]] and [[Zollino]] – in addition to four villages – [[Carpignano Salentino]], [[Cutrofiano]], [[Melpignano]] and [[Soleto]] – where Griko has not been spoken for one or two centuries.<ref name = Sakalis>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1231599/teli-na-cusi-tin-glossa-grika/|title=‘Teli na cusi tin glossa grika?’|last=Sakalis|first=Alex|date=14 February 2024|work=Kathimerini|access-date=25 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=herculean |date=2020-03-30 |title=Calimera from Magna Graecia and the Griko people of Apulia |url=https://herculean.wordpress.com/2020/03/30/calimera-from-magna-graecia-and-the-griko-people-of-apulia/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=Hellenic Travels to the Past |language=en}}</ref> The total population of Grecia Salentina is around 40,000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nikos Deja Vu - Magna Graecia and the Griko |url=https://nikosdejavu.tumblr.com/post/29276291472/nikos-deja-vu-magna-graecia-and-the-griko |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=Tumblr |quote=with a total of 40,000 inhabitants.}}</ref>

The [[Calabrian Greek]] region also consists of nine villages in [[Bovesia]], (including Bova Superiore, [[Roghudi]], [[Gallicianò]], Chorìo di Roghudi and [[Bova Marina]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greek-speakers in Italy |url=https://minorityrights.org/communities/greek-speakers/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=Minority Rights Group |language=en-US}}</ref> and four districts in the city of [[Reggio Calabria]], but its population is significantly smaller, with around only 2000 inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 2011 |title=Grico, Griko, Katoitaliotika (Southern Italy) |url=https://viaggimusicaliintuttoilmondo.blogspot.com/2011/10/grico-griko-katoitaliotika-southern.html |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=Blogger |quote=but its population is significantly smaller, supposedly around 2000.}}</ref>