Resources used are archived photographs, videotapes and soundtapes.
Articles on dialect are written in Greek alphabet and translated into Turkish phonetically.
There are five thousand words in dictionary section with the usage of the each word. The complete dictionary consists of Coruk spoken Pontic language.
This study is a result of the five years working. During this time Pontic people from Trabzon, Of, Coruk, Athena, Selanik and Istanbul were used as supporting sources.
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PONTOS: LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND HISTORY
Contents
I- Prologue
A) Identity
B) Culture and Responsibility
II- History
A)Eukseinos Pontos ( Karadeniz )
1- Pontos Empire
B) Office (Of)
1- First indigenous people of Of
2- Enter the Turks to Of region
3- Of; during to end of Ottoman Empire
III- Pontos Culture
A) Folk Literature
1-Myths and Legends
2- Beliefs and Prays
3- Folk Songs - Desitants
4- Anecdotes
B) Folk
1- Summer Camping
2- Folk Dance
3- Festival of Sacrifices
4- Traditions
5- Dances
6- Calendar
7- Food
8- Folk Music Instruments
C- Name
1- Region names
2- Surnames
3- Cognomens/nicknames
4- Plant names
5- Fruit names
6- Cow names
7- Village names in Trabzon ( Old and New )
D- Ethnography
1- Linen work-frame
2- Hand-work equipment
IV- Sources
V- Pontos Language and Dialect
A) Erenkoy ( Coruk ) Sub-Dialect
1- Alphabet
2- Double Letters
3- Word stress
4- Phrases
5- Sounds conditionals
6- Conditional nouns
7- Singular and Plural conditional introduction sentences
8- Pronouns
9- Verbs
10- Word for numbers
11- Relative clauses
12- Particles
13- Adverbs
14- Nouns
15- Usage of Nouns
16- Masculine articles
17- Feminine articles
18- Infinitive articles
19- Adjectives
20- Usage of Adjectives
21- Adverbial Clauses
22- Common Clauses
23- Verbs
24- Tenses
25- Negative verbs
26- Verbs table
VI- Dictionary
A) Greek - Turkish
B) Turkish - Greek