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Hellenic language

DEFINITIONS OF: Hellenic language

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n the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages

Synonyms:
Greek, Hellenic
Types:
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Modern Greek, New Greek
the Greek language as spoken and written today
Late Greek
the Greek language in the 3rd to 8th centuries
Byzantine Greek, Medieval Greek, Middle Greek
the Greek language from about 600 to 1200 AD
Koine
a Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire
Ancient Greek
the Greek language prior to the Roman Empire
Demotic, Romaic
the modern Greek vernacular
Katharevusa
literary style of Modern Greek containing features borrowed from Koine
Attic, Classical Greek, Ionic, Ionic dialect
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia
Aeolic, Aeolic dialect, Eolic
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis
Arcadic, Arcadic dialect
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken by Arcadians
Doric, Doric dialect
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Doris
Type of:
Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite
the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
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