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Which Modern Greek dialect is linked to the ancient Doric dialect?

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The Modern Greek dialect linked to the ancient Doric dialect is Tsakonian.12

Spoken in certain mountain villages in the eastern Peloponnese, Tsakonian is considered quite aberrant and preserves several features of ancient non-Koine dialects. For example, it often retains an /a/ sound in instances where the early Greek /ā/ evolved into /ē/ in the Attic dialect and subsequently into /i/.12