This game of words seeks to revive fading Greek dialects

With the use of dialects on the wane in Greece according to linguists, a new card game called Dopiolalia (meaning patois in Greek) now aims to boost interest in dialects, both living and extinct. Photo: AFP

With the use of dialects on the wane in Greece according to linguists, a new card game called Dopiolalia (meaning patois in Greek) now aims to boost interest in dialects, both living and extinct.

Whenever Marilena returns to Crete, it only takes a short spell with friends before her native island dialect kicks back in. But the 44-year-old mother of two knows that her young son and baby daughter will likely never fully learn the distinctive oral tradition of her ancestors that dates back centuries.