Dialect comparison

Cypriot Greek vs Pontic Greek

Compare two dialects of Greek side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Kypriaki

The Greek of Cyprus, distinct from Standard Modern Greek in pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. Preserves a number of medieval features.

Spoken in: Cyprus
Approximate centre: 35.17°, 33.36°

Pontic Greek

Romeyka · Pontiaka

The Greek variety historically spoken along the Pontic coast of the Black Sea, brought to mainland Greece by refugees of the 1923 population exchange. Its Anatolian-resident form (Romeyka) survives among Muslim communities near Trabzon.

Spoken in: Greece
Türkiye
Russia
Georgia
Approximate centre: 41.12°, 25.40°

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