Against all odds: archaic Greek in a modern world
Posted by D-Mak in Diaspora, Greece, Hellenic language, Language, Linguistics, turkey
Dr Ioanna Sitaridou (left) and a speaker of Romeyka. Image ©Dr Ioanna Sitaridou 2009 An endangered Greek dialect spoken in Turkey has been identified by Dr Ioanna Sitaridou as a ‘linguistic goldmine’ because of its closeness to a language spoken 2,000 years ago. Until Medieval times, the area of Trabzon, on the Black Sea coast of ...
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