page_title: Mariupol Greek
section_title: Dialectal affiliation
hierarchical_section_title: Mariupol Greek / Dialectal affiliation
caption_attribution_description: Українська: Розселення греків у районах (разом з містами) Донецької області за переписом 2001 р. / Greeks in Donetsk oblast, 2001 census
context_page_description: Mariupolitan Greek, also known as Rumeíka, is the Greek dialect spoken by the ethnic Greeks living along the northern coast of the Sea of Azov, in southeastern Ukraine. Although Rumeíka, along with the Turkic Urum language, remained the main language spoken by the Azov Greeks well into the 20th century, currently it is used by only a small part of Ukraine's ethnic Greeks.
context_section_description: Quite often Rumeíka is described as a Pontic dialect. According to modern researchers, the situation is not as simple: arguments can be brought both for Rumeíka's similarity to the Pontic Greek and to the Northern Greek dialects. In the view of Maxim Kisilier, while the Rumeíka shares some features with both the Pontic Greek and the Northern Greek dialects, it is better to be considered on its own terms, as a separate Greek dialect, or even a group of dialects.
caption: Ethnic Greeks (including Urums) in Donetsk Oblast
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