Learning Greek, speaking Cypriot: what’s wrong with a classroom in dialect?

The Cypriot dialect has travelled a long way from the margins. Once confined to casual conversations and jokes among friends, it is now breaking into public life, heard in radio ads, TV sketches, and even used by politicians when it’s considered convenient. 

The revival of the folk song “Κόρη Μηλιά” and the popularity of artists like Alejjos who incorporate folk in their work signal a growing pride in the local