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In its modern form, Greek is the official language of Greece and Cyprus and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. It is spoken by at least 13.5 million people today in Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Albania, Turkey, and the many other countries of the Greek diaspora .
- Modern Greek
Modern Greek (endonym: Νέα Ελληνικά, Néa Elliniká, [ˈne.a...
- Greek Wikipedia
The Greek Wikipedia (also Hellenic Wikipedia, Elliniki...
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The Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language...
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Greek is an Indo-European language, the sole surviving...
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Ancient Greek was the language of Homer and of fifth-century Athenian historians, playwrights, and philosophers. It has contributed many words to English vocabulary and has been a standard subject of study in educational institutions of the Western world since the Renaissance.
- eastern Mediterranean
The Greek language is an Indo-European language. It is the official language of Greece (Hellas) and Cyprus. It was first spoken in Greece and was also once spoken along the coast of Asia Minor (now a part of Turkey) and in southern Italy. It also used to be widely used in Western Asia and Northern Africa.
- 13 million (2012)
Ancient Greek was an Indo-European language spoken in Ancient Greece from about 1500 BC to about 300 BC. Ancient Greek and Latin are very important languages. Although they are no longer spoken, they influenced almost all modern European languages. Greek had many different dialects. [1] .
- 9th century BC to the 4th century AD
- Greek alphabet
- eastern Mediterranean
