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Romeika... A Greek dialect that is still spoken in Trebizond today... But it has now been on the UNESCO's list of endangered languages.

A Pontic Greek village slowly dies

In the Black Sea, a Pontic Greek village slowly dies out as its inhabitants abandon their homes
A native son says the exodus from Ocena, near Trebizond, is deserting an ancient civilization
The story of the Greek-speaking inhabitants of Ocena was told in Turkey’s Radikal.

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