Τζυπριώτικα

One of these days I'll have to blog about the Cypriot dialect of Greek, known in standard demotic Greek as Κυπριακά (Keep-ree-a-KAH) and in Cypriot as Τζυπριώτικα (Cheep-ree-O-ti-ka). In standard demotic Greek one would say: Εγώ κ'εσύ θα πάμε στην Κύπρο ("I and you will go to Cyprus.") In the Cypriot dialect one would say: Εγιώνι τζι'εσούνι έννα πάμεν στην Τζύπρον. Why the difference? It's a long story.