Pnt

Also Known As: Pontic Greek,Pontic Description: Pontic Greek is a form of the Greek language originally spoken in the Pontus area on the southern shores of the Black Sea, and today mainly in Greece. Its speakers are Pontian Greeks. Pontic's linguistic lineage stems from Ionic Greek via Koine and Byzantine Greek and contains influences from Turkish and to a lesser extent, Persian and various Caucasian languages. Greek linguist Manolis Triantafyllides has divided Pontic into two groups: Speakers of Chaldiot were the most numerous. In phonology, some varieties of Pontic are reported to demonstrate vowel harmony, a well-known feature of Turkish (Mirambel 1965). Though Pontic was originally spoken on the southern shores of the Black Sea, substantial numbers migrated to the northern and eastern shores in what was then the Russian Empire in the 18th and 19th century; Pontic is still spoken by large numbers in the Ukraine, Russia (around Stavropol'), and Georgia, and the language enjoyed some use as a literary medium in the 1930s, including a school grammar (Topkhara 1998 [1932]). After the massacres of the 1910s, the majority of speakers remaining in Asia Minor were subject to the Treaty of Lausanne population exchange, and were..... full article at Wikipedia Location of Pontic Language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/pnt/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png

Overview Main Country: Greece Spoken In: Regions: Europe ISO 639-3 Code: pnt Classification Taxonomy All Languages   Indo-European Group     Greek Group       Attic Group         Pontic Language