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Pontic Greek () is a Greek language originally spoken in the Pontus area on the southern shores of the Black Sea, northeastern Anatolia, the Eastern Turkish/Caucasus province of Kars, southern Georgia and today mainly in northern Greece. The linguistic lineage of Pontic Greek stems from Ionic Greek via Koine and Byzantine Greek and contains influences from Georgian, Russian, Turkish and to a lesser extent, Persian (via Ottoman Turkish) and various Caucasian languages. Its speakers are referred to as Pontic Greeks or Pontian Greeks. Closely related Greek dialects are spoken in Mariupolis (and formerly in Crimea), Ukraine (see Greeks in Ukraine and Mariupolitan Greek), in Georgia and in the former Russian Caucasus province of Kars Oblast: linguistic practice varies on whether they should be classified as "Pontic". The speakers of these dialects, depending on where they live, are referred to either as eastern Pontic Greeks or as Caucasus Greeks. Pontic is also closely related to Cappadocian Greek. ==Name of the language== Historically the speakers of Pontic Greek called it ''Romeyka'' (''Romeika'', (ギリシア語:Ρωμαίικα)), which, in a more general sense, is also a historical and colloquial term for the modern Greek language as a whole. The term "Pontic" originated in scholarly usage, but has been adopted as a mark of identity by Pontic Greeks living in Greece.〔Drettas 1997, page 19.〕 Similarly, in Turkish the language is called ''Rumca'' (pronounced ), derived from the Turkish word ''Rum'', denoting ethnic Greeks living in Turkey in general; this term also comprises other Greek speakers in Turkey such as those from Istanbul or Izmir who speak a language close to Standard Modern Greek.〔 Today's Pontic speakers living in Turkey call their language ''Romeyka, Rumca'' or ''Rumcika''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pontic Greek」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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