Aeolic Greek

E39238

Greek language variety ancient Greek dialect

Aeolic Greek is an ancient Greek dialect spoken primarily in regions such as Lesbos, Boeotia, and Thessaly, known from early lyric poetry and inscriptions and distinguished by several phonological and morphological features from other Greek dialects.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Boeotian Greek	3
Thessalian Greek	2
Aeolic dialect	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek language variety ⓘ ancient Greek dialect ⓘ
attestedIn	epigraphic documents ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ literary fragments ⓘ lyric poetry ⓘ
distinguishedBy	different treatment of Proto-Greek labiovelars ⓘ distinct morphological features ⓘ distinct phonological features ⓘ distinct set of personal pronouns compared to Attic-Ionic ⓘ frequent use of first person singular ending -μι in verbs ⓘ retention of original long ā where Attic has ē in many positions ⓘ specific forms of the dative plural ⓘ use of -οιo for certain genitive singular endings ⓘ use of -σσ- where Attic-Ionic has -ττ- in some words ⓘ
hasDialect	Aeolic Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Boeotian Greek Lesbian Greek dialect ⓘ surface form: Lesbian Greek Aeolic Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Thessalian Greek
hasFeature	conservative retention of some archaic Greek forms ⓘ distinct vowel system compared to Attic-Ionic ⓘ innovative developments in morphology ⓘ regional variation among Lesbian, Boeotian, and Thessalian subdialects ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Archaic Greece ⓘ Classical Greece ⓘ
influenced	later regional Greek varieties in Boeotia ⓘ later regional Greek varieties in Thessaly ⓘ
languageBranch	Aeolic ⓘ
languageFamily	Greeks ⓘ surface form: Greek
relatedTo	Attic Greek ⓘ Doric Greek ⓘ Ionic Greek ⓘ Northwest Greek ⓘ
spokenIn	Aeolis ⓘ Asia Minor ⓘ Boeotia ⓘ Greek islands of the northeastern Aegean ⓘ Lesbos ⓘ Thessaly ⓘ
status	extinct language ⓘ
studiedIn	classical philology ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf	Hellenic language ⓘ Indo-European language ⓘ
timeDepth	1st millennium BCE ⓘ
usedBy	Alcaeus of Mytilene ⓘ Corinna ⓘ Sappho ⓘ early lyric poets ⓘ
writingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Thessaly → ancientDialect → Aeolic Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thessalian Greek

Ionic Greek → contrastedWith → Aeolic Greek ⓘ

Attic Greek → contrastsWith → Aeolic Greek ⓘ

Doric Greek → distinctFrom → Aeolic Greek ⓘ

Northwest Greek → distinctFrom → Aeolic Greek ⓘ

Proto-Greek → followedBy → Aeolic Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aeolic dialect

Proto-Greek → hasDescendant → Aeolic Greek ⓘ

Aeolic Greek → hasDialect → Aeolic Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boeotian Greek

Aeolic Greek → hasDialect → Aeolic Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thessalian Greek

Ancient Greek → hasDialect → Aeolic Greek ⓘ

Boeotia → hasDialect → Aeolic Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boeotian Greek

Greek language → hasDialects → Aeolic Greek ⓘ

Hellenic languages → hasPart → Aeolic Greek ⓘ

Boeotians → language → Aeolic Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boeotian Greek

Ionian Greek → sharesFeaturesWith → Aeolic Greek ⓘ