Shabin–Karahisar dialect

The Shabin–Karahisar dialect was a Western Armenian dialect that was spoken in the province of Şebinkarahisar and around the vicinity of Akıncılar, the region was in antiquity part of the Kelkit plains and was part of the Roman province of Colonia in Armenia. Referred to as Koghonya by Armenians in the Middle Ages during the rule of the Eretnids. Passing to Ottoman rule, the dialect developed under the influence of the Constantinople dialect.

Shabin-Karahisar dialect
Shabin-Karahisar, Colonia
Շապին Գարահիսար բարբառ
Native toŞebinkarahisar
EthnicityArmenian people
Native speakers
unknown
Indo-European
Armenian alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3(included in Western Armenian [hyw])
Glottologshab1249
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