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What he basically said in the beginning is that he will speak in the south-Slavic language. In the end, I believe he translated everything into Greek - but before he spoke in Greek again, he said he will speak in the Macedonian language - an (ancient) Greek dialect. People can correct me if I'm wrong in my interpretation.
So, in his address to the "friends from Northern Macedonia" I think he essentially emphasized that "Macedonian" is a Greek language and/or dialect (going back to antiquity), while calling the language of his "friends in N. Macedonia" a south-Slavic language.
As we saw previously, the Greek side - even the current govt of Tsipras which signed (or will soon sign) the agreement - does not recognize, and is not obligated or required to call the language of Macedonia "Macedonian language".
FYI - I just found this.
Dr Petros Karatsareas, Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Westminster, wrote an article for The Conversation on how the Greek Macedonian Slavic language was wiped out by linguistic oppression.
URL:
https://www.westminster.ac.uk/news-a...ion-here-s-how
In the article, Dr Karatsareas described how the Macedonian Slavic language was progressively banned and wiped out, following Greece’s territory and population’s expansion after winning the two Balkan wars.
Dr Karatsareas explained that this territorial change resulted in the creation of new state borders that did not coincide with linguistic ones. The article stated that the Greek government was, at that time, ‘keen to promote nationalism and started to show discomfort towards Greece’s new multilingual face’. As outlined, a period of oppression towards Macedonian Slavic speakers, who developed fear of speaking their language on the territory, followed. Dr Karatsareas explained that this caused the progressive loss of the Macedonian Slavic language and heritage in Greece.
URL - Full Article, written on April 19, 2018:
https://theconversation.com/greeces-...eres-how-94675
Some excerpts from the article.
1) My own paternal grandfather’s family name became Karatsareas from Karachorov. My maternal grandfather’s one became Kantzouris from Kanzurov. The area of Karadzova was renamed Almopia with its main town of Subotsko becoming Aridaia. The dance Puscheno was called Leventikos or Lytos. The aim was to leave no visible trace of Macedonian Slavic in public records.
2) In 1936, the governor-general of Macedonia issued order of prohibition 122770: “On the restoration of the uniform language”, banning the use of Macedonian Slavic in both public and private. People caught speaking Macedonian Slavic – sometimes by police officers eavesdropping through people’s windows – were dragged to military police stations where they were beaten and sometimes tortured. Those who had the money were fined. Teachers beat pupils who spoke Macedonian Slavic in class or in the playground – even when that was the only language they were able to speak. This happened to my maternal grandmother.
3) In 1994, Human Rights Watch called for Greece to end harassment of Macedonian Slavic speakers. In 1998, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Greece violated the right of its citizens to form associations by refusing them permission to establish a Macedonian Slavic cultural association. But these calls came much too late.
So, in his address to the "friends from Northern Macedonia" I think he essentially emphasized that "Macedonian" is a Greek language and/or dialect (going back to antiquity), while calling the language of his "friends in N. Macedonia" a south-Slavic language.
As we saw previously, the Greek side - even the current govt of Tsipras which signed (or will soon sign) the agreement - does not recognize, and is not obligated or required to call the language of Macedonia "Macedonian language".
FYI - I just found this.
Dr Petros Karatsareas, Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Westminster, wrote an article for The Conversation on how the Greek Macedonian Slavic language was wiped out by linguistic oppression.
URL:
https://www.westminster.ac.uk/news-a...ion-here-s-how
In the article, Dr Karatsareas described how the Macedonian Slavic language was progressively banned and wiped out, following Greece’s territory and population’s expansion after winning the two Balkan wars.
Dr Karatsareas explained that this territorial change resulted in the creation of new state borders that did not coincide with linguistic ones. The article stated that the Greek government was, at that time, ‘keen to promote nationalism and started to show discomfort towards Greece’s new multilingual face’. As outlined, a period of oppression towards Macedonian Slavic speakers, who developed fear of speaking their language on the territory, followed. Dr Karatsareas explained that this caused the progressive loss of the Macedonian Slavic language and heritage in Greece.
URL - Full Article, written on April 19, 2018:
https://theconversation.com/greeces-...eres-how-94675
Some excerpts from the article.
1) My own paternal grandfather’s family name became Karatsareas from Karachorov. My maternal grandfather’s one became Kantzouris from Kanzurov. The area of Karadzova was renamed Almopia with its main town of Subotsko becoming Aridaia. The dance Puscheno was called Leventikos or Lytos. The aim was to leave no visible trace of Macedonian Slavic in public records.
2) In 1936, the governor-general of Macedonia issued order of prohibition 122770: “On the restoration of the uniform language”, banning the use of Macedonian Slavic in both public and private. People caught speaking Macedonian Slavic – sometimes by police officers eavesdropping through people’s windows – were dragged to military police stations where they were beaten and sometimes tortured. Those who had the money were fined. Teachers beat pupils who spoke Macedonian Slavic in class or in the playground – even when that was the only language they were able to speak. This happened to my maternal grandmother.
3) In 1994, Human Rights Watch called for Greece to end harassment of Macedonian Slavic speakers. In 1998, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Greece violated the right of its citizens to form associations by refusing them permission to establish a Macedonian Slavic cultural association. But these calls came much too late.
Unfortunately, such idealism is absent in this current mob of traitors.
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