. . "Griko"@en . . . "Salentino Greek"@en . . "Griko, sometimes spelled Grico, or Grecanic, is the dialect of Italiot Greek spoken by the Griko people in Salento. Some Greek linguists consider it to be a Modern Greek dialect and often call it Katoitaliotik\u00E0 (Greek: \u039A\u03B1\u03C4\u03C9\u03B9\u03C4\u03B1\u03BB\u03B9\u03C9\u03C4\u03B9\u03BA\u03AC, \"Southern Italian\") or Grekanika (\u0393\u03C1\u03B5\u03BA\u03AC\u03BD\u03B9\u03BA\u03B1), whereas its own speakers call it Katoitali\u00F3tika (\u039A\u03B1\u03C4\u03C9\u03B9\u03C4\u03B1\u03BB\u03B9\u03CE\u03C4\u03B9\u03BA\u03B1) or Griko (\u0393\u03BA\u03C1\u03AF\u03BA\u03BF). Griko and Standard Modern Greek are mutually intelligible to some extent."@en . . .