Modern Greek
English
Noun
Modern Greek (uncountable)
- The Greek language is that which has been spoken by the Greek people since the fall of Constantinople in 1453. It was written using polytonic script until 1982, when this was officially dropped in favour of monotonic.
Synonyms
- (post-15th century Greek): Romaic; New Greek
Meronyms
- Demotic Greek
- Katharevousa
- SMG
- Standard Modern Greek
Related terms
- Ancient Greek
- Byzantine Greek
- Classical Greek
- demotic
- Koine
- Medieval Greek
- polytonic
Translations
Modern Greek
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Further reading
Modern Greek on Wikipedia.Wikipedia