Ruméika and Modern Greek dialects
Though the Greek dialect of Marioupolis (or Ruméika) is now one of the best described Greek dialects, its place within Modern Greek dialects is still uncertain. Some scholars suppose that Ruméika is one of the Northern Greek dialects as there are some similarities between Ruméika and the Northern Greek dialects in phonetics and morphology. Others are sure about the Pontic origin of Ruméika. I agree with Andrey Beletsky who supported neither of the theories. In this article I compare the data from Ruméika with well-known isoglosses. The analysis definitely shows that Ruméika has more in common with Cappadocian and Cretan than with either Northern Greek or Pontic. I suggest that Ruméika should be treated as a “mixed type” dialect.