The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: CPG
ISO 639-2: ine
| Region | Resettled to various locations in Greece in 1922. Formerly in central Turkey (Cappadocia). Sille was in Sille town near Konya, Western Cappadocian was in villages south of Kayseri, Pharasa was in Pharasa (Faràs) and surrounding villages. |
| Dialects | SILLE, WESTERN CAPPADOCIAN, PHARASA. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Greek, Attic. |
| Comments | Closest to Pontic. Even more distinct from Standard Greek than Pontic is. Language was under extensive attrition from Turkish at the time of the population exchanges in 1922, and has now died out since the 1960s under pressure from Standard Greek (N. Nicholas 1997, Costakis). Different from the ancient Anatolian language spoken in Cappadocia. Dictionary. Christian. Extinct. |
