CULTURE OF PONTUS


This research is about Coruk village and its people in OF, TRABZON. The main source for language and culture is Coruk village and its residents. Coruk's new name is Erenkoy, meaning wisevillage. The reason for giving this name is that Pontic dialect is still surviving and its customs and traditions also exists.

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.

OMER ASAN

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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
· Ancomah
· Molla Mustafa's tale
· Cimcime (Dimdymene)
· Dragon tale
2- Beliefs and Prays
· Tor Pray
· Tsim Pray
· Yilancik Pray
· Likohontsu Pray
· Karakontsule Pray
· Teeth Pray ( Dont )
3- Folk Songs - Desitants
· Atma songs (Greek and Turkish)
· Verses (Greek and Turkish)
· Desitants
4- Anecdotes

B) Folk

1- Summer Camping
2- Folk Dance
3- Festival of Sacrifices
4- Traditions
· Agratiya
· Parakath
· Guest welcoming
5- Dances
· Jackal horon
· Klasteya
· Devil baglama
· Kohraka
· Hotol dance
· Zagayir
· Kidili
· Usti
6- Calendar
7- Food
· Porridge
· Yoghurt porridge
· Milk porridge
· Cheese porridge
· Hasil
· Kabak
· Kavut
· Corn soup
· Barley soup
· Malez
· Muhlama
· Cabbage soup
· Bean pickle
· Tsirihta
· Guliya
· Patits
· Black cabbage roll
· Tsumur
· Papara
· Trima
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 )
· Centre Trabzon
· Caglayan
· Akcaabat
· Derecik
· Duzkoy
· Arakli
· Dagbasi
· Arsin
· Caykara
· Dernekpazari
· Uzungol
· Macka
· Esiroglu
· Surmene
· Koprubasi
· Of
· Hayrat
· Tonya
· Vakfikebir
· Besikduzu
· Carsibasi
· Salpazari
· Yomra

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
· Single sounds
· Double sounds
3- Word stress
4- Phrases
5- Sounds conditionals
· Vowels
· Consonants
6- Conditional nouns
· Masculine introduction nouns
· Feminine introduction nouns
· Infinitive nouns
7- Singular and Plural conditional introduction sentences
· Masculine
· Feminine
· Infinitive
8- Pronouns
· Personal pronouns
· Other pronouns
9- Verbs
· "?" (o) ending verbs
· "???" (ono) ending verbs
· "???" (eno) ending verbs
· "???" (izo) ending verbs
· "????" (ofto) ending verbs
· "????" (eno) ending verbs
· "µ??" (me)
10- Word for numbers
11- Relative clauses
12- Particles
13- Adverbs
14- Nouns
· Special nouns
· Noun clauses
· Singular and Plural nouns
· Articles
15- Usage of Nouns
· Masculine
· Feminine
· Infinitive
16- Masculine articles
17- Feminine articles
18- Infinitive articles
19- Adjectives
20- Usage of Adjectives
21- Adverbial Clauses
· Noun clauses
· Preposition clauses
· Adverbial clauses of manner
· Definite clauses
· Relative clauses
· Question clauses
· Infinitive clauses
22- Common Clauses
23- Verbs
· a)Verbs clauses
· Singular and plural personal verbs
· Time of verbs
· Clauses and phrases of purpose
· Raise of syllable
· Usage of verbs
· Supportive clauses
24- Tenses
· Regular verbs
· Irregular verbs
25- Negative verbs
26- Verbs table

VI- Dictionary
A) Greek - Turkish
B) Turkish - Greek