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.

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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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Yevanic hasAlternativeName Romaniote Greek