People In Trebizond Speak A Greek Dialect Similar To Ancient Greek

[Badass Buddha]

I found this interesting, and thought you would too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcAYP4irSyQ

[abou]

Just a cursory look with the video, but fascinating nonetheless. I'll be looking to see what any follow up by the research team yields.

[The_Blacksmith]

what a beautifull place...

[Tellos Athenaios]

Fascinating. Thanks for sharing. :2thumbsup: However, the thread title exaggerates a little: this particular dialect preserves the infinitive which apparently went out of fashion in all other (known) Greek dialects since. To put this into perspective: to say that this dialect is “similar” to Ancient Greek based on this similarity is like saying that English is similar to classical Latin for it uses the gerund, too.

[CCadaver]

Perhaps this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontic_Greek) article may be related. Under the dialects it says that the eastern group of pontic greek is spoken in Trebizon

[A Terribly Harmful Name]

And to think most of the Greek cultural identity in Turkey was forcibly wiped out in the 1920's.

[ziegenpeter]

There is one person who doesnt like this video:inquisitive:

[Basileus_ton_Basileon]

does that mean we'll eventually get a more accurate version of the voice mod :P:P

[ziegenpeter]

well there isn't a campaign voicemod for eastern greek... :idea2: