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ISO 639-3 · pntpnt
Indo-European family
Pontic Greek
ποντιακά
Pontic Greek is a language of the Greek branch (Indo-European), spoken in Greece, Turkey, Russia and Azerbaijan and 5 more countries. Wikidata counts about 778,000 speakers (2012). Wikidata describes it as “Greek dialect”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
pnt- Glottocode
pont1253- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Centre point
- 41.00, 39.00
- Wikipedia
- 50 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
9countries
3scripts
3levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Pontic Greek · ποντιακά |
|---|---|
| Also called | Pontic, Pontian Greek, Pontiaka, pnt |
| All speakers | 778,000 (2012) |
| Written in | Greek alphabet, Cyrillic, Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Pontic Greek
The branches above Pontic Greek, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Greece
turTurkishTurkic · 88.1 m1 · NationalellModern GreekIndo-European · 15 m1 · NationalbulBulgarianIndo-European · 9 m1 · NationalhyeArmenianIndo-European · 6.7 m1 · NationalalsTosk Albanianunclassified · 3 m1 · NationalmkdMacedonianIndo-European · 2 m1 · NationalrmyVlax RomaniIndo-European · 538,4806b · ThreateneduumUrumTurkic · 185,0006b · ThreatenedrupAromanianIndo-European · 112,9604 · EducationalgssGreek Sign Languageunclassified · 40,600