Where Cappadocian Greek is spoken
Cappadocian Greek is spoken in 2 countries: Greece and Turkey.
Cappadocian Greek has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.
How many people speak Cappadocian Greek?
Wikidata gives about 2,800 speakers (Wikidata, with no source given, 2015). These figures are approximate: they come from different sources, years and definitions of a speaker.
Status: Shifting. Glottolog lists it as shifting: the youngest speakers are adults, and children are growing up speaking another language.
Where Cappadocian Greek sits in the language family tree
Glottolog classifies Cappadocian Greek as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.
- Indo-European
- Classical Indo-European
- Graeco-Phrygian
- Greek
- South Greek
- Central Greek
- Koineic Greek
- Modern Koineic Greek
- Pontic-Cappadocian Greek
- Cappadocian Greek
Related languages
Other languages in the Pontic-Cappadocian Greek group:
- Pontic (778,000 speakers)
More about Cappadocian Greek
- Read about Cappadocian Greek on Wikipedia
- Indo-European languages map
- Languages spoken in Greece
- All languages, A to Z
Codes: ISO 639-3 cpg, Glottolog capp1239. Glottolog macroarea: Eurasia.
Questions about Cappadocian Greek
Where is Cappadocian Greek spoken?
Cappadocian Greek is spoken in Greece and Turkey. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.
How many people speak Cappadocian Greek?
Wikidata gives about 2,800 speakers (Wikidata, with no source given, 2015). Speaker numbers are approximate and differ between sources: counting who is a speaker, and whether to include second-language speakers, is not settled.
Which language family is Cappadocian Greek in?
Glottolog places Cappadocian Greek in the Indo-European family, in the branch Classical Indo-European, Graeco-Phrygian, Greek, South Greek, Central Greek, Koineic Greek, Modern Koineic Greek and Pontic-Cappadocian Greek.