Pontic Greek

E40406

Hellenic language endangered language language

Pontic Greek is an endangered Hellenic language traditionally spoken by Greek communities around the Black Sea region, particularly in what is now northeastern Turkey and the Caucasus.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pontic Greeks	3
Pontic Greek (historically)	1
Pontic Greek diaspora	1
Pontic Greek world	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenic language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Cappadocian Greek ⓘ Romeyka ⓘ Modern Greek ⓘ surface form: Standard Modern Greek
country	Armenia ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Greece ⓘ Kazakhstan ⓘ Russia ⓘ Turkey ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Pontic Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pontic Greeks
glottocode	pont1254 ⓘ
hasDialect	Chaldiot ⓘ Mariupol ⓘ surface form: Mariupol Greek Ophitic ⓘ Romeyka ⓘ
hasFeature	distinct phonology from Standard Modern Greek ⓘ lexical borrowings from Caucasian languages ⓘ lexical borrowings from Turkish ⓘ preservation of archaic Greek features ⓘ
historicalRegion	Asia Minor ⓘ Black Sea coast ⓘ surface form: Black Sea coast of Anatolia Pontus ⓘ
influencedBy	Caucasian languages (areal grouping) ⓘ surface form: Caucasian languages Persian ⓘ Russian ⓘ Turkish ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	pnt ⓘ
languageFamily	Hellenic languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
nativeTo	Armenia ⓘ Black Sea ⓘ surface form: Black Sea region Caucasus ⓘ Crimea ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Greece ⓘ Kazakhstan ⓘ Pontus ⓘ Russia ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ northeastern Turkey ⓘ
recognizedBy	UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger ⓘ
spokenBy	Pontic Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pontic Greek diaspora
status	definitely endangered ⓘ endangered ⓘ
subclassOf	Greek East ⓘ surface form: Eastern Greek Greek language ⓘ
usedIn	community media ⓘ folk songs ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ religious practices ⓘ
writingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Cappadocian Greek → closelyRelatedTo → Pontic Greek ⓘ

Pontic Greek → ethnicGroup → Pontic Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pontic Greeks

Proto-Greek → hasDescendant → Pontic Greek ⓘ

Greek language → hasDialects → Pontic Greek ⓘ

Kvemo Kartli → hasEthnicGroup → Pontic Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pontic Greeks

Trabzon → hasMinorityLanguage → Pontic Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pontic Greek (historically)

Hellenic languages → hasPart → Pontic Greek ⓘ

Modern Greek → hasVariety → Pontic Greek ⓘ

Lazistan → historicalInhabitants → Pontic Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pontic Greeks

Kerkinitis → partOf → Pontic Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pontic Greek world

Pontic Greek → spokenBy → Pontic Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pontic Greek diaspora