| Mariupolitan Greek | |
|---|---|
| Ruméika | |
| Native to | Ukraine |
| Region | Northern coast of the Sea of Azov |
Native speakers | (20,000 cited 1989 census) 17 villages (2017 estimate)[1] |
| Cyrillic, Greek | |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | mari1411 |
| Linguasphere | (?) 56-AAA-ak (?) |
| IETF | pnt-UA |
Mariupolitan Greek, or Crimean Greek also known as Tauro-Romaic[3] or Ruméika (Rumaíica, from Greek: Ρωμαίικα, "Romaic"; Ukrainian: Румейська мова, romanized: Rumeyska mova), is a Greek dialect spoken by the ethnic Greeks living along the northern coast of the Sea of Azov, in southeastern Ukraine; the community itself is referred to as Azov Greeks. Although Rumeíka, along with the Urum language, remained the main language spoken by the Azov Greeks well into the 20th century, currently it is used by only a small part of Ukraine's ethnic Greeks.[4]
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- ^ "Про затвердження переліку мов національних меншин (спільнот) та корінних народів України, яким загрожує зникнення". Official webportal of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. 7 June 2024.
- ^ Moseley, Christopher (2008-03-10). Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-79640-2.
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