Pontic
A language of Greece
| Population | 200,000 in Greece (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001). Population total all countries: 324,540. |
| Region | Throughout Macedonia, especially Salonica, a borough of Kalamaria. Also in Azerbaijan, Canada, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation (Europe), Turkey (Europe), United States. |
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Greece and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
| Alternate names | Pontic Greek |
| Dialects | Standard Greek [ell] speakers cannot understand Pontic, and Pontic speakers reportedly do not understand or speak Standard Greek [ell]. Pontic clubs and centers exist in the Athens-Peiraeus suburbs. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Greek, Attic |
| Language use | Young people may speak Standard Greek as their L1. Speakers in North America reportedly maintain the use of Pontic more zealously than those in Greece. Ethnic Greeks in Georgia called ‘Rumka’ speak Pontic Greek. |
| Language development | Grammar. |
| Comments | Brought to Greece in the 1920s and 1930s by immigrants from the Black Sea coast, which had been inhabited by Greeks since antiquity. |
Also spoken in:
Turkey (Europe)
| Language name | Pontic |
| Population | 4,540 in Turkey (1965 Mackridge). |
| Region | Northest, easternmost part of Pontic [pnt] speaking region. |
| Comments | Muslim. |
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