Doric Greek

E38670
Doric dialect ancient Greek dialect

Doric Greek is an ancient Greek dialect associated especially with Sparta and the Dorian regions, characterized by distinct phonological and morphological features that set it apart from Ionic and Attic Greek.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Doric Greek canonical 26
Cretan Doric 2
Dorian Greek 2

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Doric dialect ⓘ
ancient Greek dialect ⓘ
associatedWith Corinth ⓘ
Crete ⓘ
Dodecanese ⓘ
Dorians ⓘ
Megara ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
Southern Italy ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ
distinctFrom Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Attic Greek ⓘ
Ionic Greek ⓘ
hasFeature conservative phonology ⓘ
dialectal lexical items ⓘ
different infinitive endings from Attic-Ionic ⓘ
distinct genitive plural endings ⓘ
distinct morphological endings ⓘ
distinct participial forms ⓘ
distinct vowel system ⓘ
retention of /w/ sound in some positions ⓘ
special forms of personal pronouns ⓘ
use of -ᾱ- instead of -η- in many forms ⓘ
use of long alpha where Attic has eta ⓘ
hasVariant Doric Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cretan Doric

Doric Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Laconian dialect

Northwest Greek ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Doric

Doric Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rhodian Doric
historicalStatus extinct language variety ⓘ
influenced Koine Greek vocabulary in some regions ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
partOf Greek language ⓘ
region Argolis ⓘ
Cyrenaica ⓘ
Laconia ⓘ
Messenia ⓘ
Rhodes ⓘ
studiedIn classical philology ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf Ancient Greek ⓘ
Hellenic language ⓘ
timePeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
usedIn Bacchylides' poetry ⓘ
Pindar's poetry ⓘ
choral lyric poetry ⓘ
epigraphic documents ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
parts of Greek drama ⓘ
public decrees in Dorian cities ⓘ
writingSystem Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

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

Ionic Greek → contrastedWith → Doric Greek ⓘ
Hellenic languages → hasPart → Doric Greek ⓘ
Attic Greek → contrastsWith → Doric Greek ⓘ
Magna Graecia → foundedBy → Doric Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dorian Greeks
Ancient Greek → hasDialect → Doric Greek ⓘ
Doric Greek → hasVariant → Doric Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laconian dialect
Doric Greek → hasVariant → Doric Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Doric
Doric Greek → hasVariant → Doric Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhodian Doric
Greek language → hasDialects → Doric Greek ⓘ
Aeolic Greek → relatedTo → Doric Greek ⓘ
Northwest Greek → hasDialect → Doric Greek ⓘ
Northwest Greek → hasDialect → Doric Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Doric
Northwest Greek → sharesFeatureWith → Doric Greek ⓘ
Tsakonian → hasAncestor → Doric Greek ⓘ
Tsakonian → derivedFrom → Doric Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laconian Doric
Proto-Greek → hasDescendant → Doric Greek ⓘ
Tarentum → hasDialect → Doric Greek ⓘ
Sparta → language → Doric Greek ⓘ
Corinth → dialect → Doric Greek ⓘ
Laconia → ethnonym → Doric Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laconian
Spartan army → languageOfCommand → Doric Greek ⓘ
Dorians → language → Doric Greek ⓘ
Lesbian Greek dialect → differsFrom → Doric Greek ⓘ
Locrian dialect → sharesFeaturesWith → Doric Greek ⓘ
Tsakonia → historicalLinguisticOrigin → Doric Greek ⓘ
Propontis Tsakonian → languageBranch → Doric Greek ⓘ
ancient Laconia → partOf → Doric Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dorian Greek world
Tsakonians → languageOrigin → Doric Greek ⓘ
Ancient Megara → dialect → Doric Greek ⓘ
Spartans → language → Doric Greek ⓘ
Dorian → languageVariety → Doric Greek ⓘ
Dorian → hasEthnicIdentity → Doric Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dorian Greek
Dorian Hexapolis → ethnicCharacter → Doric Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dorian Greek
Dorian Hexapolis → dominantDialect → Doric Greek ⓘ
Eastern Greek dialects → contrastedWith → Doric Greek ⓘ
Ancient Greek dialect continuum → hasPart → Doric Greek ⓘ
Ancient Greek dialect continuum → hasPart → Doric Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Doric