Back Кападокийски диалект Bulgarian Gresianeg Kappadokia Breton Capadoci Catalan Kapadocká řečtina Czech Kappadokische Sprache German Καππαδοκική διάλεκτος Greek Idioma griego de Capadocia Spanish Cappadocien French Grego capadocio Galician Kapadocijski grčki jezik Croatian
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| Cappadocian | |
|---|---|
| Region | Greece, originally Cappadocia (modern-day Central Turkey) |
Native speakers | 2,800 (2015)[1] (previously thought to be extinct) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cpg |
| Glottolog | capp1239 |
| ELP | Cappadocian Greek |
 Cappadocian Greek is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Cappadocian Greek (Cappadocian Greek: Καππαδοκικά, Καππαδοκική Διάλεκτος), also known as Cappadocian is a dialect of modern Greek, originally spoken in Cappadocia (modern-day Central Turkey) by the descendants of the Byzantine Greeks of Anatolia.[3] The language originally diverged from Medieval Greek after the late medieval migrations of the Turks from Central Asia into what is now Turkey began cutting the Cappadocians off from the rest of the Greek-speaking Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire. As a result of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923, all remaining speakers (known in Turkey as Rûm, and referred to now as Cappadocian Greeks) were forced to emigrate to Greece where they were resettled in various locations, primarily in Central and Northern Greece. The Cappadocians were encouraged to shift to Standard Modern Greek as part of their integration into Greece, and their language was thought to be extinct since the 1960s. In June 2005, Mark Janse (Ghent University) and Dimitris Papazachariou (University of Patras) discovered Cappadocians in Central and Northern Greece who could still speak their ancestral language fluently. Many are middle-aged, third-generation speakers who take a very positive attitude towards the language, as opposed to their parents and grandparents.[4] The latter are much less inclined to speak Cappadocian and more often than not switch to Standard Modern Greek.
- ^ Cappadocian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Cappadocian Greek". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- ^ Janse, Mark (January 2009). "The Resurrection of Cappadocian (Asia Minor Greek)". Αω International: 3. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
- ^ "Laboratory of Ancient Greek Dialects". University of Patras. Archived from the original on December 10, 2017. Retrieved September 30, 2016.