Meaning | The Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages. |
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Synonyms | Greek, Hellenic |
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Region | Greece, Hellenic Republic, Ellas | A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula |
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Narrower | Ancient Greek | The Greek language prior to the Roman Empire |
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Koine | A Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire |
Late Greek | The Greek language in the 3rd to 8th centuries |
Medieval Greek, Middle Greek, Byzantine Greek | The Greek language from about 600 to 1200 AD |
Modern Greek, New Greek | The Greek language as spoken and written today |
Broader | 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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Spanish | griego, helénica, lengua helénica |
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Catalan | grec, llengua hel·lènica |
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