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  Greek language
Two main forms of the language have been in use since the end of the medieval Greek period: Dhimotikí (Δημοτική), the Demotic (vernacular) language, and Katharévousa (Καθαρεύουσα), an imitation of classical Greek, which was used for literary, juridic, and scientific purposes during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Greek is the official language of Greece where it is spoken by about 99.5% of the population.
Due to the membership of Greece and Cyprus in the European Union, Greek is one of the 20 official languages of the European Union.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/g/gr/greek_language.html   (2315 words)

  
  Greek language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mycenaean Greek: the language of the Mycenaean civilisation.
Two main forms of the language have been in use since the end of the medieval Greek period: Dhimotikí (Δημοτική), the Demotic (vernacular) language, and Katharévusa (Καθαρεύουσα), an imitation of classical Greek, which was used for literary, juridic, administrative and scientific purposes during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Greek is the official language of Greece where it is spoken by about 99.5% of the population.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greek_language   (2571 words)

  
 Greek_language LANGUAGE SCHOOL EXPLORER
Medieval Greek: The continuation of Hellenistic Greek during medieval Greek history as the official and vernacular language of the Byzantine Empire, and continued to be used until, and after the fall of that Empire in the 15th century.
Two main forms of the language have been in use since the end of the medieval Greek period: Dhimotikí (Δημοτική), the Demotic (vernacular) language, and Katharévusa (Καθαρεύουσα, meaning "purified"), an imitation of classical Greek, which was used for literary, juridic, administrative and scientific purposes during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Because of the membership of Greece and Cyprus in the European Union, Greek is one of the 23 official languages of the European Union.
language.school-explorer.com /info/Greek_language   (2939 words)

  
 The Greek Language
Greek language(Dhimotiki), an frequent language in Greece with its origins dating back 3,500 years and an uninterrupted literary history which makes it one of the oldest remaining branches of the Indo-European family of languages.
It is the language of one of the major civilizations of the world and of one of the greatest literatures of all time.
Yevanic, also known as Romaniote or Judeo-Greek, is the language of the Greek Jews (Romaniotes), and survives in small communities in Greece, New York and Israel.
www.justgreece.org /greece/greek-language.asp   (534 words)

  
 Ethnologue 14 report for language code:TSD
The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It has been superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).
Derived from the Doric dialect spoken in Lakonia by ancient Spartans.
www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=TSD   (135 words)

  
 Endangered languages in Europe: indexes
Languages belonging to the groups (a) and (b) are listed indifferently in the indexes, while (c) diaspora dialects appear unnumbered and unmarked, except in the index by country if they constitute the sole representative of the language in the country.
The latest updates bring Piedmontese, Ligurian, Lombard, and Emilian into the group of potentially endangered languages and it may prove necessary to move at least some of them to the group of endangered languages.
Please keep in mind that for languages other than Finno-Ugrian I have had to rely on second-hand sources, and in a number of cases even they were difficult to obtain.
www.helsinki.fi /~tasalmin/europe_index.html   (581 words)

  
 Tsakonian —   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Open Language Archives Community (OLAC) is an international partnership of institutions and individuals who are creating a worldwide virtual library of language resources.
The LINGUIST List is dedicated to providing information on language and language analysis, and to providing the discipline of linguistics with the infrastructure necessary to function in the digital world.
Its purpose is to create and distribute a free international encyclopedia in as many languages as possible.
www.rosettaproject.org /archive/tsd   (187 words)

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