Greek Muslims all Greek dialects spoken in Turkey, a term akin to "Romeyka" derived from the word "ρωμαίικα" or Roman with Byzantine origins. Current day Greeks refer to their language as "ελληνικά" or Greek, an appellation that replaced the previous term "Romeiika" during the early nineteenth century. In Turkey standard modern Greek is referred to as "Yunanca", whereas the ancient Greek language is called "Eski Yunanca" or "Grekçe". According to Heath W. Lowry's great work about Ottoman tax books ("Tahrir Defteri") with Halil İnalcık, it is claimed that most "Turks" of Trebizond and the Pontic Alps region in northeastern Anatolia are of
Literature from North East India no single definition of the phrase Literature from North East India as the diversity of this region defies easy definition. Broadly, this phrase refers mostly to English writing but may also include Assamese literature and writings in the Meitei language, that have long traditions of writing and stand on their own with a glorious legacy. Many writers such as Harekrishna Deka and Temsula Ao have expressed discomfit with the term North-East India and North Eastern writers, respectively. A section also strongly argue that the term is colonial and hence, an artificial construct. There is nothing called a "north-easterner" and the