De Cappadociërs en hun talen

Cappadocian (Asia Minor Greek) is a Greek-Turkish mixed language formerly spoken in Cappadocia (Central Turkey). After the transmigrations between Greece and Turkey in the 1920s, Cappadocian speakers were forced to emigrate to Greece, where they were resettled in various locations, especially in Central and Northern Greece. The Cappadocians rapidly shifted to Modern Greek and their language was thought to have died out in the 1960s. In June 2005, Mark Janse discovered Cappadocians in Central and Northern Greece who could still speak their native language fluently. This paper sketches the linguistic history of the Cappadocians and their languages from the 19th c. BC until the present day.