About this course

The Pontic Dialect

• Linguistic description of the dialect
• The Pontic dialect in Pontus
• Historical and geographical distribution of the dialect
• Its relationship with Ancient Greek
• Forms of the Pontic dialect
• Use of the dialect in modern Greece
• Contemporary forms of the dialect
• Sociolinguistic situation today

History of Pontic Hellenism

• Social, economic, and ideological aspects of Pontic Hellenism
• Coexistence with other peoples in Asia Minor and the Black Sea Region
• Historical timeline:
  • Fall of Constantinople (1453)
  • Dissolution of the Empire of the Komnenoi
  • Population Exchange (1923)