Griko Γκραίκο · Γκρίκο Native to Italy Region Salento, Calabria Ethnicity Griko people Native speakers (20,000 cited 1981)[1] 40,000 to 50,000 L2 speakers Language family Indo-European Hellenic Greek Attic–Ionic Italiot Greek Griko Writing system Greek alphabet Language codes ISO 639-3 – Glottolog None apul1236 dialect of Salentino-Calabrian Greek[2] Linguasphere 56-AAA-aia Location map of the Italiot-speaking areas in Salento and Calabria