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|popplace=Southern Italy (especially Bovesia and Salento) |rels=Greek Orthodox, Byzantine Catholic, Latin-rite Catholic minority |langs= Griko, Greek–Calabrian dialect, Italian |related = Greeks, Southern Italians, Sicilians |footnotes = Total population count only includes Griko people from Bovesia and Grecia Salentina regions. The number of Griko people from outside these regions remains undetermined.}} The Griko people ((ギリシア語:Γκρίκο)) sometimes spelled Grico, Greco in Calabria, and also known as Grecanici are an ethnic Greek community of Southern Italy, they are found principally in regions of Calabria (Province of Reggio Calabria) and Apulia (peninsula of Salento). The Griko are believed to be remnants of the once large Ancient〔 and Medieval Greek communities of southern Italy (the old Magna Graecia region). Greek people have been living in Southern Italy for millennia, initially arriving in Southern Italy in numerous waves of migrations, from the ancient Greek colonisation of Southern Italy and Sicily in the 8th century BC through to the Byzantine Greek migrations of the 15th century caused by the Ottoman conquest. In the Middle Ages Greek regional communities were reduced to isolated enclaves. Although most Greek inhabitants of Southern Italy have become entirely Italianized over the centuries, the Griko community has been able to preserve their original Greek identity, heritage, language and distinct culture (15% of the surnames in the province of Reggio di Calabria have a Greek origin),〔〔 although exposure to mass media has progressively eroded their culture and language. The Griko people traditionally spoke the Griko language which is a form of the Greek language. In recent years the number of Griko who speak the Griko language has been greatly reduced; the younger Griko have rapidly shifted to speaking the Italian Language. Today, they are mostly Byzantine Catholics belonging to the Catholic Church of Eastern Rite, with a Roman Catholic minority. ==Name== The name Griko derives from the traditional name for Greeks on the Italian peninsula, it is believed to derive from the ancient Hellenic tribe Graecians, who according to legend took their name from Graecus. They were one of the first Greek tribes to colonize Italy. The area that came to be known as Magna Graecia took its name after them. The Latins used this term in reference to all Hellenic people because the first Hellenes they came into contact with were the Graecians, hence the name Greeks. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Griko people」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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