Greece is today relatively homogeneous in linguistic terms , with a large majority of the native population using Greek as their first or only language . Among the Greek-speaking population , speakers of the distinctive Pontic dialect came to Greece from Asia Minor after the Greek genocide and constitute a sizable group . The Cappadocian dialect came to Greece due to the genocide as well , but is endangered and is barely spoken now . Indigenous Greek dialects include the archaic Greek spoken by the Sarakatsani , traditionally transhument mountain shepherds of Greek Macedonia and other parts of Northern Greece . The Tsakonian language , a distinct Greek language deriving from Doric Greek instead of Koine Greek , is still spoken in some villages in the southeastern Peloponnese
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