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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chaldiot canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pontic Greek → hasDialect → Chaldiot ⓘ