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|fam7 = [[w:Cappadocian_Greek|Cappadocian Greek (?)]]<ref name=GrklnAndCapp/> | |fam7 = [[w:Cappadocian_Greek|Cappadocian Greek (?)]]<ref name=GrklnAndCapp/> | ||
|ethnicity = [[w:Greeks|Greeks]] | |ethnicity = [[w:Greeks|Greeks]] | ||
|speakers = approx. | |speakers = approx. 200 thousand | ||
|date = 2023 | |date = 2023 | ||
|ancestor = [[w:Proto-Indo-European|Proto-Indo-European]] | |ancestor = [[w:Proto-Indo-European|Proto-Indo-European]] | ||
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|dia2 = Western Grekelin † | |dia2 = Western Grekelin † | ||
|stand1 = Standard Modern Grekelin | |stand1 = Standard Modern Grekelin | ||
|script1 = | |script1 = latn | ||
|nation = [[w:Vojvodina|Vojvodina]] | |nation = [[w:Vojvodina|Vojvodina]] | ||
|agency = Grekelin Language Administration | |agency = Grekelin Language Administration | ||
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Grekelin ([[w:Autoglossonym|Autoglossonym]]: ''Grekelenikin'', pronounced: ''[grɛ.kɛ.ˈɫɛ.ni.kin]'', lit. "The | '''Grekelin''' ([[w:Autoglossonym|Autoglossonym]]: ''Grekelenikin'', pronounced: ''[grɛ.kɛ.ˈɫɛ.ni.kin]''), also known as '''Rhumaecen''' (Grekelin: ''Rumejkin'', [ɾuˈmɛi̯ˌkin], lit. "The Roman one") is a [[w:Hellenic languages|Hellenic]] language spoken in [[w:Vojvodina|Vojvodina]], [[w:Hungary|Southern Hungary]] and some isolated villages of [[w:Slovakia|Slovakia]]. Grekelin is a descendant of [[w:Medieval Greek|Medieval Greek]], from whom it split in the late 11th century with the mass settlement of Hungary by [[w:Greeks|Greek]] refugees following the Seljuk Turks' raids. For the largest part of its existence, Grekelin was mostly a spoken language, and the language began systematically being written down around the 19th century (From where it gained it's modern orthography by Catholic priests and scholars). Due to its low social prestige, most of its educated speakers preferred writing in Latin or Hungarian (Also Koine before the Catholicisation of the Grekelin-speaking people) and few texts were written until then in Grekelin, most of which used the Greek script instead (See [[Old Grekelin]]), leading to multiple archaisms appearing within the language (Eg. Greek and most Greek dialects use the verb "Φτιάχνω" /ˈftia.xno/ whereas Grekelin uses the verb "Peio" (pʲɪ̯o) from Ancient Greek "ποιέω/ποιώ"). | ||
As a related language to Greek, Grekelin shares with Modern Greek and its dialects multiple features and cognates. The language, although officially having a free word order, has become an SOV one (As opposed to most Indo-European languages which are SVO) due to extensive Hungarian influence. It's core vocabulary has remained Greek however many Hungarian words can be found often in the language (Especially those relating to law and government), due to the strong adstratum formed by Hungarian (Though, due to geography, the Slavic dialect got its name from its stronger Slavic influence). Grekelin is the most isolated Hellenic language currently in the entire world, with about 1200 kilometers separating it from the closest Greek speaking territory. | As a related language to Greek, Grekelin shares with Modern Greek and its dialects multiple features and cognates. The language, although officially having a free word order, has become an SOV one (As opposed to most Indo-European languages which are SVO) due to extensive Hungarian influence. It's core vocabulary has remained Greek however many Hungarian words can be found often in the language (Especially those relating to law and government), due to the strong adstratum formed by Hungarian (Though, due to geography, the Slavic dialect got its name from its stronger Slavic influence). Grekelin is the most isolated Hellenic language currently in the entire world, with about 1200 kilometers separating it from the closest Greek speaking territory. | ||
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Grekelin comes from the Latin word <i>Graeco</i>, which means Greek. The suffix -lin comes from Proto-Grekelin "Hellin" which is the ethnonym for the Greeks. | Grekelin comes from the Latin word <i>Graeco</i>, which means Greek. The suffix -lin comes from Proto-Grekelin "Hellin" which is the ethnonym for the Greeks. | ||
Another legend says that Grekelin was a very old Slavic word to describe the Greeks of the Black Sea, during the Kievan Rus times. It appears that the surname Grekelin exists in Ukrainian and Belarusian (''Грекелін''). | Another legend says that Grekelin was a very old Slavic word to describe the Greeks of the Black Sea, during the Kievan Rus times. It appears that the surname Grekelin exists in Ukrainian and Belarusian (''Грекелін''). | ||
==Classification== | |||
It is not easy to classify Grekelin as a language. Although a Hellenic language, it possibly derives instead from Attic-Ionic dialects spoken in Anatolia (Since the initial settler wave mostly came from Greeks of the area), and, as such, may be more closely related to [[w:Pontic Greek|Pontic]] than Modern Greek itself, which derives from Koine Greek. The most obvious example is that [[w:Iotacism|iotacism]] never developed in the language (Compare Greek ''"ήλιος"'' ([ˈiʎos]) and Grekelin ''"elya"'' ([ˈɛʎa]), both meaning "sun"). Hence, Grekelin can be classified as an [[w:Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] language of the [[w:Hellenic languages|Hellenic]] branch derived from the '''Attic-Ionic dialects''' of Asia Minor. | |||
Grekelin and [[w:Tsakonian|Tsakonian]] do seem to share some vocabulary similarities, however these are coincidences and the two have not been at contact almost<ref name=GrekelinAndTsakonian/> never. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||