Pomak language
Encyclopedia
Pomak language is a term used in Greece
and Turkey
to refer to the dialects of the Bulgarian language
spoken by the Pomaks
in Western Thrace
.
Most Pomaks in Turkey and Greece identify their language as Pomak. According to the 1935 census in Turkey, 3881 people in Eastern Thrace identified their mother tongue as Bulgarian and 18 382 as Pomak. The overall statistic from 1935 shows that 41 041 people speak Pomak as their mother tongue or as a secondary dialect.
In 1996 a Pomak-Greek/Greek-Pomak dictionary was published along with Pomak language grammar book. In 2011 the Greek Channel 6 based in Xanthi
started broadcasting news in Pomak language.
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
and Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
to refer to the dialects of the Bulgarian language
Bulgarian language
Bulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...
spoken by the Pomaks
Pomaks
Pomaks is a term used for a Slavic Muslim population native to some parts of Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo. The Pomaks speak Bulgarian as their native language, also referred to in Greece and Turkey as Pomak language, and some are fluent in Turkish,...
in Western Thrace
Western Thrace
Western Thrace or simply Thrace is a geographic and historical region of Greece, located between the Nestos and Evros rivers in the northeast of the country. Together with the regions of Macedonia and Epirus, it is often referred to informally as northern Greece...
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Most Pomaks in Turkey and Greece identify their language as Pomak. According to the 1935 census in Turkey, 3881 people in Eastern Thrace identified their mother tongue as Bulgarian and 18 382 as Pomak. The overall statistic from 1935 shows that 41 041 people speak Pomak as their mother tongue or as a secondary dialect.
In 1996 a Pomak-Greek/Greek-Pomak dictionary was published along with Pomak language grammar book. In 2011 the Greek Channel 6 based in Xanthi
Xanthi
Xanthi ; is a city in Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Xanthi peripheral unit of the periphery of East Macedonia and Thrace.-History:...
started broadcasting news in Pomak language.