In times when dialects around the world are disappearing, the third edition of the dictionary comes to offer its assistance in rekindling interest in Pontic.

It is a manual whose use is deemed invaluable in the learning and cultivation of the Pontic dialect, both for students and for educators in organized teaching forms.

The language of a people is the epitome of their identity. It is the words they speak, their songs, their customs and traditions. "Language is the homeland," says Nikos Kazantzakis.

Each word of this book also represents a small tile in the structure of Pontic. It is a bearer of memory and consciousness. The loss of even a single word is equivalent to the loss of a way of thinking and behaving, as we think in words and we speak in words. If even one is lost, a piece of our history will be lost.

For this reason, the author's recording of Pontic words rooted in ancient Greek is important for the third and fourth generations, as well as for the ones to come.