Chaldiot

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Chaldiot is a regional dialect of Pontic Greek traditionally spoken in the area around the city of Trabzon (Trebizond) on the Black Sea coast.

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Chaldiot canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Pontic Greek dialect
dialect
regional dialect
associatedReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
associatedWith Pontic Greek diaspora
closelyRelatedTo Oinountiac Pontic Greek
linked to: Pontic Greek

Standard Pontic Greek
linked to: Pontic Greek
countryCurrentlySpokenIn Greece
Turkey
countryHistoricallySpokenIn Ottoman Empire
endangermentStatus endangered
hasAncestor Ancient Greek
Koine Greek
Medieval Greek
hasFeature distinct phonological traits compared to Standard Modern Greek
distinctive verb morphology
lexical influence from Turkish
retention of archaic Greek vocabulary
historicalCommunityCenter city of Trabzon
linked to: Trabzon
historicalStatus minority dialect
influencedBy Caucasian languages
Turkish
languageBranch Hellenic languages
languageFamily Indo-European languages
languageGroup Greek language
languageOf Pontic Greek community
linked to: Pontic Greek
linguisticDomain lexicon
morphology
phonology
syntax
preservationEfforts community-based documentation
linguistic fieldwork
regionType Black Sea Greek dialect area
spokenBy Greek Orthodox communities of Pontus
Pontic Greeks
linked to: Pontic Greek
subclassOf Pontic Greek
timePeriod traditionally spoken before population exchanges between Greece and Turkey
traditionalCity Trabzon
Trebizond
linked to: Trabzon
traditionalRegion Black Sea coast of Turkey
Pontus
Trabzon region
linked to: Trabzon Province
usedIn folk songs
local storytelling
oral tradition
writingSystem Greek alphabet

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Pontic Greek hasDialect Chaldiot