Greek

E309594
Indo-European language natural language official language

Greek is an Indo-European language that serves as the official language of Greece and Cyprus and has a documented history spanning over three millennia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Greek canonical 71
Ἑλληνικά 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-European language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
official language ⓘ
ancestorOf Koine Greek ⓘ
Medieval Greek ⓘ
Modern Greek ⓘ
earliestAttestation Mycenaean Greek ⓘ
earliestWritingSystem Linear B ⓘ
family Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers 13 million to 15 million ⓘ
hasDocumentedHistory over three millennia ⓘ
hasGlottocode mode1248 ⓘ
hasHistoricalStage Ancient Greek ⓘ
Koine Greek ⓘ
Medieval Greek ⓘ
Modern Greek ⓘ
Mycenaean Greek ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code el ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code ell ⓘ
gre ⓘ
hasLiturgicalUseIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Greek Catholics ⓘ
surface form: Greek Catholic Churches
hasLongLiteraryTradition true ⓘ
hasMajorDialect Cappadocian Greek ⓘ
Cypriot Greek ⓘ
Demotic Greek ⓘ
Katharevousa ⓘ
Pontic Greek ⓘ
Tsakonian ⓘ
hasNativeName Ελληνικά ⓘ
Ελληνική γλώσσα ⓘ
hasRegulatingBody Centre for the Greek Language ⓘ
hasStandardVariety Modern Greek ⓘ
surface form: Standard Modern Greek
influenced English language ⓘ
Latin language ⓘ
philosophical terminology ⓘ
scientific terminology ⓘ
officialLanguageOf Cyprus ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
spokenIn Cyprus ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Greek diaspora communities ⓘ
subfamily Hellenic languages ⓘ
usedAsLanguageOf Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
Byzantine literature ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (73)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paxos → hasOfficialLanguage → Greek ⓘ
Caffa → languageUsed → Greek ⓘ
Heraklion → officialLanguage → Greek ⓘ
Chania → officialLanguage → Greek ⓘ
Crates of Thebes → ethnicGroup → Greek ⓘ
Calamis → ethnicGroup → Greek ⓘ
Karpathos → languageSpoken → Greek ⓘ
Macedon → ethnicIdentity → Greek ⓘ
Hellenica → originalTitle → Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ἑλληνικά
Sebastián → etymologicalLanguageOfOrigin → Greek ⓘ
Central Macedonia → officialLanguage → Greek ⓘ
Siculian → neighboringLanguages → Greek ⓘ
Akhmim → hasLanguageUsedHistorically → Greek ⓘ
Naukratis → languageUsed → Greek ⓘ
Agorakritos → ethnicGroup → Greek ⓘ
Constantin → languageOfUse → Greek ⓘ
Leochares → ethnicGroup → Greek ⓘ
First Punic War → languageOfPrimarySources → Greek ⓘ
Phanariotes → ethnicity → Greek ⓘ
Balat → historicalLanguagesUsed → Greek ⓘ
Crimean Gothic → influencedBy → Greek ⓘ
Sidetian → neighboringLanguages → Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Sidetic language
Theocritus → ethnicGroup → Greek ⓘ
Eratosthenes → ethnicGroup → Greek ⓘ
Palestinian Aramaic dialects → influencedBy → Greek ⓘ
Serdica → languageUsed → Greek ⓘ
Perihelion (track) → recordingArtistNationality → Greek ⓘ
Vahka → languageUsedHistorically → Greek ⓘ
Nubian languages → influencedBy → Greek ⓘ
Laz → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Greek ⓘ
Alodia → languageUsed → Greek ⓘ
Jubayl → languageUsedHistorically → Greek ⓘ
George (given name) → hasLanguageOfUse → Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: George
Old Nubian → usesLoanwordsFrom → Greek ⓘ
Petelia → languageUsed → Greek ⓘ
Alejo → etymologicalOriginLanguage → Greek ⓘ
Chalcidians → ethnicOrigin → Greek ⓘ
Dacian language → primarySourcesLanguage → Greek ⓘ
Claudian → ethnicGroup → Greek ⓘ
Melitene → languageUsed → Greek ⓘ
Vrilissia → officialLanguage → Greek ⓘ
Sebastiano → etymologicalOriginLanguage → Greek ⓘ
Acleisanthes → etymologyLanguage → Greek ⓘ
Xenophon's Hellenica → originalTitle → Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ἑλληνικά
Lamia → languageUsed → Greek ⓘ
Kiato → languageUsed → Greek ⓘ
Derinkuyu → languageOfHistoricalInhabitants → Greek ⓘ
Cypselus → ethnicGroup → Greek ⓘ
Calabrian Greek → languageGroup → Greek ⓘ
Orestiada → officialLanguage → Greek ⓘ