Chaldiot

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Chaldiot is a regional dialect of Pontic Greek traditionally spoken in the area around the city of Trabzon (Trebizond) on the Black Sea coast.

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Chaldiot canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Pontic Greek dialect
dialect
regional dialect
associatedReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
associatedWith Greek Orthodox communities of Pontus
surface form: Pontic Greek diaspora
closelyRelatedTo Pontic Greek
surface form: Oinountiac Pontic Greek

Pontic Greek
surface form: Standard Pontic Greek
countryCurrentlySpokenIn Greece
Turkey
countryHistoricallySpokenIn Ottoman Empire
endangermentStatus endangered
hasAncestor Ancient Greek
Koine Greek
Medieval Greek
hasFeature distinct phonological traits compared to Standard Modern Greek
distinctive verb morphology
lexical influence from Turkish
retention of archaic Greek vocabulary
historicalCommunityCenter Trabzon
surface form: city of Trabzon
historicalStatus minority dialect
influencedBy Caucasian languages
Turkish
languageBranch Hellenic languages
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
languageGroup Greek language
languageOf Pontic Greek
surface form: Pontic Greek community
linguisticDomain lexicon
morphology
phonology
syntax
preservationEfforts community-based documentation
linguistic fieldwork
regionType Black Sea Greek dialect area
spokenBy Greek Orthodox communities of Pontus
Pontic Greek
surface form: Pontic Greeks
subclassOf Pontic Greek
timePeriod traditionally spoken before population exchanges between Greece and Turkey
traditionalCity Trabzon
Trabzon
surface form: Trebizond
traditionalRegion Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey
surface form: Black Sea coast of Turkey

Pontus
Trabzon Province
surface form: Trabzon region
usedIn folk songs
local storytelling
oral tradition
writingSystem Greek alphabet

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Pontic Greek hasDialect Chaldiot