Romeika

E748601

Greek dialect endangered language variety

Romeika is an endangered Greek dialect historically spoken by the Pontic Greek communities of the Black Sea region, particularly in northeastern Turkey.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Romeika canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek dialect ⓘ endangered language variety ⓘ
alternativeName	Of Greek ⓘ Pontic Greek of Of ⓘ Romeyka NERFINISHED ⓘ
classificationDebate	sometimes described as preserving features closer to Ancient Greek than Standard Modern Greek ⓘ sometimes treated as a highly divergent variety of Pontic Greek ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Pontic Greek dialects of Greece ⓘ Standard Modern Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
culturalAssociation	Pontic Greek music and oral tradition ⓘ local folklore of the Black Sea region ⓘ
domainOfUse	home and informal contexts ⓘ
endangermentStatus	endangered ⓘ
ethnicAssociation	Greek Orthodox heritage communities ⓘ
hasFeature	influence from Turkish ⓘ lexical borrowings from Turkish ⓘ limited intergenerational transmission ⓘ phonological influence from Turkish ⓘ preservation of archaic Greek features ⓘ
hasMorphology	conservative verbal system compared to Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
hasPhonology	distinct phonetic realizations compared to Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
hasSyntax	features distinct from Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
historicalCountry	Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicallySpokenIn	Black Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ Pontus NERFINISHED ⓘ northeastern Turkey ⓘ
ISOStatus	not standardized as a separate ISO 639 language code ⓘ
languageBranch	Hellenic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
languageGroup	Greek language NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Of district ⓘ Rize Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Trabzon Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
revitalizationEfforts	documented by linguists and local activists ⓘ
riskFactor	shift to Turkish among younger speakers ⓘ
spokenBy	Greek communities of the Black Sea ⓘ Pontic Greeks NERFINISHED ⓘ
statusInTurkey	not officially recognized as a minority language ⓘ
subclassOf	Pontic Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf	linguistic research on Greek dialectology ⓘ research on contact between Greek and Turkish ⓘ research on language endangerment ⓘ
timeDepth	descends from Medieval Greek varieties of the Black Sea ⓘ
usedBy	primarily older generations ⓘ
writingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ Turkish alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Romeyka → hasAlternativeName → Romeika ⓘ