Pontic

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A language of Greece

Location

Central Macedonia: Kilkis, Pella, Serres, and Thessaloniki except south of Kalamaria borough.

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Georgia

Language NamePontic

User Population

15,000 in Georgia (Leclerc 2015).

Alternate Names

Rumka

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Russian Federation

Language NamePontic

User Population

358,000 in Russian Federation (2009 Z. Diakonikolaou).

Location

Krasnodar province; Novorosibirsk district; Rostov province: Rostov-on-Don; Stravropol krai: Sochi.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Turkey

Language NamePontic

User Population

5,000 in Turkey (Schreiber 2015). Number of speakers as reported by language community members.

Location

Trabzon province: Of, Çaykara, Sürmene, Maçka and Tonya counties.

Alternate Names

Coastal Pontic, Muslim Pontic, Romayka, Romeyka, Rumca, Rumcika, Rumka, Trabzon, Trapezountiac

Dialects

Romeyka of Of (Ophitic), Romeyka of Sürmene, Romeyka of Tonya.

Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Language Use

Adults only. Shifting to Turkish [tur].

Other Comments

Muslim.

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