Cappadocian Greek

E41048

Anatolian Greek variety Greek dialect endangered language

Cappadocian Greek is an endangered Greek dialect historically spoken in the Cappadocia region of central Anatolia, notable for its heavy influence from Turkish and preservation of archaic Greek features.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cappadocian Greeks	2
Cappadocian language	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anatolian Greek variety ⓘ Greek dialect ⓘ endangered language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Pontic Greek ⓘ Modern Greek ⓘ surface form: Standard Modern Greek
consequenceOfMajorShiftEvent	language shift to Standard Modern Greek ⓘ relocation of speakers to Greece ⓘ
countryHistoricallySpokenIn	Ottoman Empire ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
currentCountrySpokenIn	Greece ⓘ
currentMainUse	home and community domains among descendants ⓘ
developedFrom	Koine Greek ⓘ Medieval Greek ⓘ
endangeredStatus	severely endangered ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated	Cappadocian Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cappadocian Greeks
hasFeature	SOV word order in some contexts ⓘ agglutinative structures influenced by Turkish ⓘ heavy Turkish lexical influence ⓘ heavy Turkish phonological influence ⓘ heavy Turkish syntactic influence ⓘ loss of grammatical gender in some varieties ⓘ preservation of archaic Greek features ⓘ retention of Ancient Greek vocabulary ⓘ retention of Medieval Greek features ⓘ
historicalRegion	Cappadocia ⓘ Central Anatolia Region ⓘ surface form: Central Anatolia
historicalWritingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ
influencedBy	Turkish ⓘ
ISO639Status	has distinct ISO 639-3 code (cpg) ⓘ
languageContactWith	Armenian language ⓘ surface form: Armenian Turkish language ⓘ surface form: Turkish
languageFamily	Indo-European languages ⓘ
languageOf	Cappadocian Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cappadocian Greeks
linguisticClassificationDebate	sometimes classified as a highly Turkic-influenced Greek dialect ⓘ sometimes classified as a mixed language ⓘ
majorShiftEvent	Treaty of Lausanne ⓘ surface form: Population exchange between Greece and Turkey (1923)
numberOfSpeakersTrend	declining ⓘ
originPeriod	Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Byzantine period
preservesFromAncientGreek	lexical archaisms ⓘ morphological archaisms ⓘ phonological archaisms ⓘ
regionOfOriginNowIn	Turkey ⓘ surface form: modern Turkey
revitalizationStatus	subject of documentation and revitalization efforts ⓘ
subfamily	Hellenic languages ⓘ
subgroup	Greek language ⓘ
typologicalNote	contact-induced change ⓘ mixed Greek–Turkish structural features ⓘ
writingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Pontic Greek → closelyRelatedTo → Cappadocian Greek ⓘ

Gorgonia → ethnicGroup → Cappadocian Greek ⓘ

Macrina the Younger → ethnicGroup → Cappadocian Greek ⓘ

Cappadocian Greek → ethnicGroupAssociated → Cappadocian Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cappadocian Greeks

Proto-Greek → hasDescendant → Cappadocian Greek ⓘ

Hellenic languages → hasPart → Cappadocian Greek ⓘ

Modern Greek → hasVariety → Cappadocian Greek ⓘ

Kingdom of Cappadocia → language → Cappadocian Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cappadocian language

Cappadocian Greek → languageOf → Cappadocian Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cappadocian Greeks