Cappadocian language is a language, the existence of which in the era of antiquity on the territory of Cappadocia (region of Asia Minor ) is known from ancient sources. The kinship of the language is not clear - there were versions that it could be associated with both the Phrygian and Anatolian languages widely spoken in Asia Minor during the pre-Greek period. The second point of view is more popular, since Cappadocia was geographically removed from Phrygia, but coincided with the area of distribution of the last known monuments in the Hittite language .
There are no texts in Cappadocian language. [one]
Strabo and Basil of Caesarea claim that the Cappadocians spoke a language that was different from Greek and was incomprehensible to the Greeks. [2] [3]
In the end, the language was supplanted by the Greek Koine , but could continue to exist until about 6 c. n er [four]
Notes
- ↑ Frank Trombley, Hellenic Religion and Christianization c. 370–529 2 : 120
- ↑ Mark Janse, "The Resurrection of Cappadocian (Asia Minor Greek)", ΑΩ International full text
- Refe As referenced in Arnold Hugh Martin Jones, The Cities of the Eastern Roman Provinces , 1937, p. 430: Strabo, 12 : 1: 2, Basil of Caesarea, de Spiritu Sancto 29, Migne, PG 32 : 208 "
- Eric J. Eric Cooper, Michael J. Decker, Life and Society in Byzantine Cappadocia ISBN 0-230-36106-4 , p. 14