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Where were the Aeolic dialects spoken?

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The Aeolic dialects of Ancient Greek were primarily spoken in the following regions:

Boeotia12
Thessaly12
Lesbos and Asiatic Aeolis12

These dialects formed one of the major groupings of Ancient Greek, alongside the West (Doric), Arcado-Cypriot, and Ionic-Attic groups. While West Thessalian and Boeotian varieties were influenced by neighboring West Greek (Doric) dialects, the Asiatic Aeolic variety was influenced by Ionic.21