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Mariupolitan Greek vs Pontic Greek

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

Mariupolitan Greek

Rumeika · Azov Greek

The Greek of the Mariupol region in Ukraine, descended from communities resettled from Crimea by Catherine the Great in 1778. Endangered; structurally close to Pontic Greek.

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Approximate centre
47.10°, 37.55°
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.

Approximate centre
41.12°, 25.40°

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