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 | | With the establishment of the Greek language as the official language of the liberated Greece in 1830, two different versions existed: the demotic language (colloquial language), the language of literature and everyday speech and the katharevousa (purist Greek language), the language of the state, the law, the medicine, the education and the Press. |
 | | The Greek language, and generally speaking the Greek culture, expanded to the conquered areas of the East and was established as the commercial and administrative language of the era, co-existing with many local languages. |
 | | The ancient Greek language existed in the form of various dialects, such as the Aeolian, the Arcadian, the Doric, the Cypriot and the Ionic, which were used in different parts of the Greek territory. |
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