Pomak language

Pomak language (Template:Lang-el, pomakiki glosa or πομακικά, pomakika, Template:Lang-bg, pomashki ezik, Template:Lang-tr) is a term used in Greece^[1] and Turkey^[2] to refer to some of the Rup dialects of the Bulgarian language spoken by the Pomaks in Western Thrace. This dialects are spoken also in Bulgaria.

In Bulgaria, member of the Northern Bulgarian Pomak dialect are the speeches of Galata, Dragizhevo, and Varbitsa area. Member of the Southern Bulgarian Pomak dialect are many speeches of the area of Rhodope Mountains.^[3]

Most Pomaks in Turkey and Greece identify their language as Pomak.^{[citation needed]} According to the 1935 census in Turkey, 3881 people in Eastern Thrace identified their mother tongue as Bulgarian and 18 382 as Pomak.^[4] The overall statistic from 1935 shows that 41 041 people speak Pomak as their mother tongue or as a secondary dialect.^[5]

In 1996 a Pomak-Greek/Greek-Pomak dictionary was published along with Pomak language grammar book.^[1] In 2011 the Greek Channel 6 based in Xanthi started broadcasting news in Pomak language.^[6]

External links

Report on the Pomak language by the Greek Helsinki Committee

References

^ ^a ^b Pilbrow, Tim (2007). "The Nation and its Margins: Negotiating a National Identity in Post-1989 Bulgaria". Anthropology of East Europe Review. 15 (2). Field and International Study Program, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University [and] Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Central Connecticut State University: 68. OCLC 475414332. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
^ Turan, Ömer (2007). "Pomaks, Their Past and Present". Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. 19 (1). Routledge: 69. doi:10.1080/13602009908716425.
^ Selian, Edouard (2009). The Pomaks: an Islamized People of Europe
^ Сребранов, Румен (2007). Чечкият говор (in Bulgarian). София: Академично издателство „Проф. Марин Дринов“. p. 24. ISBN 978-954-322-230-8.
^ Ülker, Erol (2007). "Assimilation of the Muslim communities in the first decade of the Turkish Republic (1923-1934)". European Journal of Turkish Studies. Revues.org: 18. OCLC 179911432. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
^ Хаджиев, Валентин (2011-01-30). "Гръцка тв пусна "Хабери на помацки"". 24 часа (in Bulgarian). Медийна група България. ISSN 0861-4067. Retrieved 2011-10-11.

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[Pilbrow-1] Pilbrow, Tim (2007). "The Nation and its Margins: Negotiating a National Identity in Post-1989 Bulgaria". Anthropology of East Europe Review. 15 (2). Field and International Study Program, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University [and] Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Central Connecticut State University: 68. OCLC 475414332. Retrieved 2011-10-11.

[2] Turan, Ömer (2007). "Pomaks, Their Past and Present". Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. 19 (1). Routledge: 69. doi:10.1080/13602009908716425.

[3] Selian, Edouard (2009). The Pomaks: an Islamized People of Europe

[4] Сребранов, Румен (2007). Чечкият говор (in Bulgarian). София: Академично издателство „Проф. Марин Дринов“. p. 24. ISBN 978-954-322-230-8.

[5] Ülker, Erol (2007). "Assimilation of the Muslim communities in the first decade of the Turkish Republic (1923-1934)". European Journal of Turkish Studies. Revues.org: 18. OCLC 179911432. Retrieved 2011-10-11.

[6] Хаджиев, Валентин (2011-01-30). "Гръцка тв пусна "Хабери на помацки"". 24 часа (in Bulgarian). Медийна група България. ISSN 0861-4067. Retrieved 2011-10-11.

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