WIKITONGUES: Asimenia speaking Greek and Pontic

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This video was recorded by John Kazlakis in Nea Michaniona, Greece, where Asimenia lives. Greek is spoken by some 13 million people, primarily in the Mediterranean nation of Greece, and by significant communities in Eastern Europe and North America. Pontic, a closely related language, is spoken by about 1.2 million people, primarily in Greece's north. Translations below:

Greek (00:00:00):
My parents were refugees to Greece. My father was from Kars, but his specific village name I don't remember...it was in the Caucasus region. My father knew Greek, Pontic Greek, Russian, a little Armenian, and Turkish. He knew all those languages. And my mother was from Tbilisi, from Georgia, from Tbilisi, Georgia. And that village of my mother was called Sekitli, 15km outside Tbilisi. My mother went to Greece in 1914, as refugees, she was 7 years old. And my father came to Greece in 1922.

Pontic (00:00:57):
My father was born in Russia. His homeland was Kars. My mother was born in Tbilisi in Georgia, and her village was called Sekitli. They came to Lahana, Thessaloniki as a refugee in 1914 my mother. And in 1922 came my father. My mother's name was Eleni, and my father's name was Yiorgo (George). They got married in Lahana and that's where they settled. They left for Dímitra (village). There they had their children, their home, and farm

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