Cappadocian Greek
An extinct language of Greece
| Population | Extinct. |
| Dialects | Sille, Western Cappadocian, Pharasa. Similar to Pontic [pnt]. Even more distinct from Standard Greek [ell] than Pontic [pnt]. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Greek, Attic |
| Language use | Under extensive attrition from Turkish at the time of the population exchanges in 1922, and has had no remaining speakers since the 1960s under pressure from Standard Greek (1997 N. Nicholas, Costakis). |
| Language development | Dictionary. |
| Comments | Different from the ancient Anatolian language spoken in Cappadocia. Christian. |
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