Romaniote Greek
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Romaniote Greek is the historical Greek dialect traditionally spoken by the Romaniote Jews of the Eastern Mediterranean, especially in Greece.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek dialect
ⓘ
Jewish language variety ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicity | Romaniote Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Medieval Greek
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Modern Greek dialects NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsLoanwordsFrom |
Aramaic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ Italian ⓘ Ladino ⓘ Turkish ⓘ |
| declineCause |
Holocaust
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
assimilation into Standard Modern Greek ⓘ emigration of Romaniote Jews ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Ladino
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Standard Modern Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ Yevanic ⓘ |
| heritageLanguageOf | Romaniote diaspora communities ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Aegean islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Asia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Balkans NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ Crete NERFINISHED ⓘ Epirus NERFINISHED ⓘ Ioannina NERFINISHED ⓘ Thessaly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Hellenic languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| liturgicalUse | Jewish liturgy ⓘ |
| modernCommunity |
Ioannina Jewish community
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Romaniote Jews in Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ Romaniote Jews in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern Mediterranean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptUsage | Greek written in Hebrew characters ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Romaniote Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
endangered
ⓘ
moribund ⓘ |
| subbranchOf | Greek language ⓘ |
| timeDepth |
Byzantine period
ⓘ
late antiquity ⓘ |
| usedIn |
community records
ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ synagogue sermons ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Greek alphabet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.