Endangered Languages Project - Pontic

Pontic

^{[aka Pontic Greek, Romeyka, Rumca]}

Classification: Indo-European

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Pontic Greek, Romeyka, Rumca, Rumcika, Romeika,
CLASSIFICATION		Indo-European, Greek, Attic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		pnt
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Western Pontic Eastern Pontic Coastal Pontic Romayka Inland Pontic
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		A Greek language originally from the Pontus region, southern end of the Black Sea, now spoken mostly in northern Greece.

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Information from: “Europe and North Asia” (211-282) . Tapani Salminen (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Threatened

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100,000-200,000
Native speakers worldwide

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

There are probably a few child speakers, but most speakers are middle-aged or older. In Greece, Pontic Greek retains mainly symbolic functions.

PLACES: Greece, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
324,540
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
200,000 in Greece (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001).

PLACES: USA; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Canada; Kazakhstan; Russia; Greece; Turkey; Armenia; Ukraine;

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300,000
Native speakers worldwide

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
324,535
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

COORDINATES

37.919075, 23.667883

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing