What language do immigrants in Cyprus speak?

The official languages of Cyprus are Greek and Turkish.

Republic of Cyprus (Greek: κ? προ? ; Turkish: k br? S), referred to as Cyprus for short, is an island country, located at the junction of Europe and Asia, in the eastern Mediterranean, with an area of 925 1 km2.

The total population of Cyprus is 949,000 (as of 2065,438+07), of which 72.8% are Greeks, 9.6% are Turks and 65,438+07.6% are foreigners. Greeks believe in the Orthodox Church and Turks believe in Islam.

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Language evolution in Cyprus

Acadia-Dorian dialect spoken by Greek Cypriots was spread from Acadia by Greek immigrants before Dorian occupied the whole Peloponnesus. In some ancient papyrus documents and dictionaries with inscriptions, there are still fragments of this ancient dialect.

What is particularly interesting is the syllabic alphabet of Cyprus, which is said to have evolved from the Mycenaean phonetic alphabet and has been found in the cultural relics of Mycenaean period on the island. Some inscriptions recently discovered in Mycenae were jointly interpreted by Ventures and chadwick, which contained many Serbian words and surnames.

Cypriot syllables have their own characteristics and are suitable for the language of ancient Cypriots. In order to adapt to the requirements of the Greek language, it has made some changes, although it is difficult to change it. Greek immigrants in Cyprus use Cypriot syllabic letters instead of Greek phonetic alphabet, which shows that they were not familiar with Phoenician phonetic alphabet before coming to Cyprus. After some changes, this phonetic symbol was quickly adopted by the Greeks and evolved into Greek at the beginning of 1000 BC.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Cyprus