Pontic

Classification and Dialects
Pontic is an Anatolian language spoken in Pontus. The Pontic vocabulary was very influenced by Ancient Greek and by Old Persian; the Greek alphabet was even adopted during the Classical era to write Pontic.

Writing System

 * 1) At the end of a word, sigma is written as such ς, e.g. Ποντος (=Pontus)
 * 2) The h sound is written by adding an accent to the following vowel, e.g. άρενος (=sports - harenos)