Romeyka

E205140

Greek dialect endangered language variety

Romeyka is an endangered Greek dialect spoken mainly in northeastern Turkey, notable for preserving many archaic features of Ancient Greek.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Romeyka canonical	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek dialect ⓘ endangered language variety ⓘ
classificationStatus	sometimes treated as a separate Greek dialect ⓘ sometimes treated as a variety of Pontic Greek ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Pontic Greek ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
culturalContext	Muslim Greek-speaking heritage communities ⓘ
distinctFrom	Modern Greek ⓘ surface form: Standard Modern Greek other Pontic Greek varieties in Greece ⓘ
endangermentStatus	severely endangered ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Of Greek ⓘ Of dialect ⓘ Romeika ⓘ
hasFeature	conservative phonology ⓘ infinitive constructions reminiscent of Ancient Greek ⓘ influence from Turkish ⓘ lexical items of Ancient Greek origin ⓘ preservation of archaic Ancient Greek features ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ syntactic features similar to Ancient Greek ⓘ
hasResearcher	Ioanna Sitaridou ⓘ various Greek dialectologists ⓘ
historicalOrigin	Ancient Greek dialects of the Black Sea region ⓘ Medieval Greek ⓘ
languageBranch	Hellenic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
languageShiftTo	Turkish language ⓘ surface form: Turkish
numberOfSpeakers	several thousand ⓘ
preserves	features lost in most other Modern Greek dialects ⓘ
regionHistoricallyAssociatedWith	Pontus ⓘ
riskFactor	lack of intergenerational transmission ⓘ language shift to Turkish ⓘ
spokenBy	Muslim communities of northeastern Turkey ⓘ Pontic Greek–origin populations in Turkey ⓘ
spokenIn	Turkey ⓘ
spokenInRegion	Of Valley ⓘ Pontic Mountains ⓘ Trabzon Province ⓘ northeastern Turkey ⓘ
subbranchOf	Greek language ⓘ
subjectOfStudy	Greek dialectology ⓘ contact linguistics ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ
usedBy	mainly older generations ⓘ
writingSystem	occasionally written in Greek script ⓘ occasionally written in Latin script ⓘ primarily unwritten ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pontic Greek → hasDialect → Romeyka ⓘ

Pontic Greek → closelyRelatedTo → Romeyka ⓘ