Arcadian Dialect

Arcadian (Arcadian: arcadianu, pronounced /.ar.ka'djaːnʊ/; : arcadiano) is a dialect of , spoken primarily in the Region of Arcadia of the Swanian Federation.
==History==
Following the London Conference of 1832, the majority of was integrated into Swania. Sparsely populated areas of the peninsula were welcoming investors and immigrants from Western Swania, thus rapidly developing the rural lands. Sicilian, Calabrian, and Salentine culture and language were getting increasingly popular among local Greek population, mostly within urban areas of and Moreapolis.
Despite the Greek and Italian majority in the region, the official language of Arcadia was Latin, due to its international recognition as the . However, by the dawn of the 20th century, with Latin being replaced by languages such as English and French, the local community shifted towards using a local dialect, based mostly on Extreme Southern Italian, with Greek and Latin influence in vocabulary and pronunciation. By 1920s, over 70% of Arcadians spoke the dialect on a dialy basis.
Within the following century, Arcadian has become the native tongue of nearly all Arcadians, with its influence spreading onto the and Western provinces of Crete.
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