Shabin–Karahisar dialect
| Shabin-Karahisar dialect | |
|---|---|
| Shabin-Karahisar, Colonia | |
| Շապին Գարահիսար բարբառ | |
| Native to | Şebinkarahisar |
| Ethnicity | Armenians |
| Armenian alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | (included in Western Armenian [hyw]) |
| Glottolog | shab1249 |
The Shabin–Karahisar dialect is 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.