Arcadocypriot Greek

Ancient Greek dialect of Arcadia and Cyprus Arcadocypriot GreekRegionArcadia, CyprusErac. 1300 – c. 200 BCLanguage familyIndo-European HellenicGreekAchaeanArcadocypriot GreekEarly formsProto-Greek Proto-Achaean Proto-Arcadocypriot Writing systemGreek alphabetCypriot syllabaryLanguage codesISO 639-3–Glottologarca1234Distribution of Greek dialects in Greece in the classical period. Western group: Doric proper Northwest Doric Achaean Doric (probably Northwest Doric) Central group: Aeolic Arcado-Cypriot Eastern group: Attic Ionic Arcadocypriot, or southern Achaean, was an ancient Greek dialect spoken in Arcadia (the central Peloponnese) and Cyprus. Its resemblance to Mycenaean Greek, as it is known from the Linear B corpus, indicates that they are closely related to it, and belong to the same dialect group, known as Achaean. In Cyprus the dialect was written solely using the Cypriot syllabary. The most extensive surviving text of the dialect is the Idalion Tablet. A significant literary source on the vocabulary comes from the lexicon of grammarian Hesychius (probably 5th century AD). History The prevailing dialect spoken in southern Greece (including Achaea, the Argolid, Laconia, C