{"id":35845,"date":"2023-10-02T08:09:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T08:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyprusescape.com\/?page_id=35845"},"modified":"2023-10-19T11:16:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T11:16:55","slug":"languages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cyprusescape.com\/languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyprus Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
No worries if you don’t speak Greek or Turkish\u2014English is widely spoken and understood, especially in tourist areas and among younger folks. Road signs, menus, and information boards often come in English too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Given that Cyprus is a popular holiday destination, you’ll often hear Russian, especially in Limassol and Paphos. Some locals in tourist-heavy areas also speak German, French, or Italian to cater to visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There’s also the Cypriot dialect, which is fascinating but can be a bit tricky to understand, even if you’re fluent in standard Greek or Turkish. It’s like a cool linguistic layer to the island’s rich history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are some useful phrases in both Greek and Turkish to get you started:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Official Languages: Greek and Turkish English: The Common Ground No worries if you don’t speak Greek or Turkish\u2014English is widely … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyprusescape.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35845"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyprusescape.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyprusescape.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyprusescape.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyprusescape.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35845"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cyprusescape.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36060,"href":"https:\/\/cyprusescape.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35845\/revisions\/36060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyprusescape.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}