Talk:Gallicianò

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Kris Pliotis (facebook): Just to say that according my personnal experience in the south ITALY-Grecophones villages, i dont believe to this explanation of inhabitants coming from Kilkis (Greece, MAKEDONIA). In fact, the major reason is the etymology of the name. We have the exemple of GALLIPOLI in the other side of the south ITALY where the name is coming from the Greek KALLIPOLI. For the same reasons GALLICIANO could come probably from the name KALLIKYANO nothing to do with KILKIS in MAKEDONIA-GREECE. One more reason giving me the impression that there is no connexion with KILKIS is that the connexions between Greek speaking people and South ITALY are older that the 1000 aC and deeper. I visited myself LECCE area where about 10 villages are Greekspoken and their history is at LEAST starting about the 950. I repeat at least(we know that this area was under the BYZANTIN authority still 650aC and a few parts still 1020 aC!! Fathermore the way of speaking GRECCO has nothing to do with MAKEDONIAN way to speak greek (the accent is toataly different). Same for the greek speaking villages near VASSILIKATA and some other villages in the south ITALY. Futhermore, many many names are greek in the same area (south ITALY CICILIA) showing what everybody knows : this area was in connexion with the geeek world many many years (thousands) before the year 1000 and the greek was generally spoken here (NAPOLI TARANTO GALLIPOLI KROTON MESSINA POMPEI etc etc etc. In fact the history of that area was really greek (GRANDGREECE) mainly the 5th century before CHRIST. From the time of the ROMAN expansion the greek-speaking character follows gradually still now. By the way i am anxious to know some historical precisions about this so nice village. How old is it? How old are the buildings i see in the pic hereby? regards to everybody is reading me here91.178.146.226 (talk) 04:34, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

The main reason for this connection is an inscription refered by Filippo Violi, that the elder Gallicianeshi talk about. First of all, town Gallicum or Callicum (in Greek Gallicos or Kallicos) was 4,5 kms south-south east from modern day Kilkis, in a village called now Colchis. Kilkis, or older name Kallikous (Callikus) was establish as a monastery in the 5th century, named "Panagia tis Callicous", meaning "Madona del Callicum". From that name, "...Callicus" and after 1.500 years of successive alterations (Callicus, Calcus, Culkus, Kylkys, Kilkis), the modern name came up. Galliciano also, we know that was established at the beginning of the 10th century, when the Bulgarian raids took place. The way people speak greek now in Galliciano is influenced by the pronunciation of the neighboring greek-speaking villages, after 1.000 years. Respectively, the modern pronunciation of modern Kilkis area is influenced by refugees from Asia Minor that came in 1923. Also, the Macedonian pronunciation of the greek language, has been affected by the slavs, with whom they came into frequent contact from the 14th to the 20th centuries, but also with the Turks, with whom, they have been in contact for the last 500 years. Influences that the Gallicianesi people did not have. 2A02:214C:8043:2400:28F8:204B:5B0F:E2C2 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:49, 4 March 2019 (UTC)