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Greek language

Greek (Modern Greek: ελληνικά, romanized: elliniká ⓘ; Ancient Greek: ἑλληνική, romanized: hellēnikḗ ) is an Indo-European language, constituting an independent Hellenic branch within the Indo-European language family. It is native to the territories that have had populations of Greeks since antiquity: Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, Turkey, Italy (in Calabria and…

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Dialects
Ancient dialects · Koine · Medieval · Modern dialects
Early form
Proto-Greek
Ethnicity
Greeks
Glottolog
gree1276
ISO 639-1
el
ISO 639-2
gre (B) ell (T)

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Greek language

Nodes277
Edges276
Triples168
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.00722
Components1

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Greek language

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related to Geographic distribution · 46
Greek language → Albania, Albania's, Albanian, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Black Sea, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Christian Nubian, Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, Egypt, European Union, Georgia, Germany, Greco-Turkish War
related to Latin alphabet · 21
Greek language → Additionally, Catholic, Catholic Chiot, Catholicism, Chios, Frankish Empire, Frankochiotika, Frankolevantinika, Frankos, Greek, Greek Catholics, Greek-speaking, Greeklish, Latin, Roman Catholic Christian, Southern Italy, The, The Latin, Venetian, West Europe
related to External links · 15
Greek language → Ancient Greek Tutorials, Aristotle University, Berkeley, Berkeley Language Center, California, Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, General, Greek, Linguistics, Linguistics Gateway, The Greek Language, The Greek Language Portal, The Perseus Project, Thessaloniki, University
related to Diglossia · 14
Greek language → Ancient Greek, Dimotiki, Evangelika, Gospel, Greece, Greek, In, Katharevousa, Modern Greek, Oresteia, Orestiaka, Standard Modern Greek, The, What
Recognised minority language in · 13
Greek language → Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy (Apulia and Calabria), Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine
related to Cypriot syllabary · 9
Greek language → Another, BC, Classical, Cypriot, Cypro-Minoan, Cyprus, Greek, Linear, The Cypriot
related to Historical unity · 9
Greek language → According, Although Greek, Demotic, English, Greek, Homeric Greek, It, Middle English, The
related to Linear B · 9
Greek language → Alice Kober, BC, Greek, It, John Chadwick, Linear, Michael Ventris, Mycenaean Greek, The
Native to · 5
Greek language → Albania (Gjirokastër County and Vlorë County), and other regions of the Balkans, Caucasus, Black Sea coast, Asia Minor and Eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus, Greece, Italy (Calabria, Salento and Messina)
Dialects · 4
Greek language → Ancient dialects, Koine, Medieval, Modern dialects

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greek language ancient modern also languages used greece latin cyprus alphabet written official words english form indo-european system many spoken

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Greek languageDialectsAncient dialects1.00infobox
Greek languageDialectsKoine1.00infobox
Greek languageDialectsMedieval1.00infobox
Greek languageDialectsModern dialects1.00infobox
Greek languageEarly formProto-Greek1.00infobox
Greek languageEthnicityGreeks1.00infobox
Greek languageGlottologgree12761.00infobox
Greek languageISO 639-1el1.00infobox
Greek languageISO 639-2gre (B) ell (T)1.00infobox
Greek languageISO 639-3Variously: ell – Modern Greek grc – Ancient Greek cpg – Cappadocian Greek gmy – Mycenaean Greek pnt – Pontic tsd – Tsakonian yej – Yevanic1.00infobox
Greek languageLanguage familyGraeco-Phrygian (?)HellenicGreek1.00infobox
Greek languageLanguage familyHellenicGreek1.00infobox
Greek languageLanguage familyGreek1.00infobox
Greek languageLinguasphere56-AAA-a1.00infobox
Greek languageLinguasphere56-AAA-aa to -am (varieties)1.00infobox
Greek languageNative speakers13.5 million (2015)1.00infobox
Greek languageNative toGreece1.00infobox
Greek languageNative toCyprus1.00infobox
Greek languageNative toAlbania (Gjirokastër County and Vlorë County)1.00infobox
Greek languageNative toItaly (Calabria, Salento and Messina)1.00infobox
Greek languageNative toand other regions of the Balkans, Caucasus, Black Sea coast, Asia Minor and Eastern Mediterranean1.00infobox
Greek languageOfficial language inGreece1.00infobox
Greek languageOfficial language inCyprus1.00infobox
Greek languageOfficial language inEuropean Union1.00infobox
Greek languagePronunciation[eliniˈka] ⓘ1.00infobox
Greek languageRecognised minority language inAlbania1.00infobox
Greek languageRecognised minority language inArgentina1.00infobox
Greek languageRecognised minority language inArmenia1.00infobox
Greek languageRecognised minority language inAustralia1.00infobox
Greek languageRecognised minority language inCzech Republic1.00infobox

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