Ancient Greek dialect continuum

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Ancient Greek language variety system dialect continuum linguistic phenomenon

The Ancient Greek dialect continuum was the range of closely related regional varieties of the Greek language spoken throughout the Greek world in antiquity, including dialects such as Ionic, Attic, Doric, and Aeolic.

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Label	Occurrences
Ancient Greek dialect continuum canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ancient Greek language variety system ⓘ dialect continuum ⓘ linguistic phenomenon ⓘ
characteristic	absence of a single standardized spoken norm in early periods ⓘ gradual phonological variation across regions ⓘ lexical variation between regions ⓘ morphological variation between dialect groups ⓘ mutual intelligibility between neighboring dialects ⓘ
followedBy	Koine Greek ⓘ
hasPart	Aeolic Greek ⓘ Arcadocypriot Greek ⓘ surface form: Arcadian Greek Arcadocypriot Greek ⓘ surface form: Arcado-Cypriot Greek Attic Greek ⓘ Aeolic Greek ⓘ surface form: Boeotian Greek Doric Greek ⓘ surface form: Cretan Doric Arcadocypriot Greek ⓘ surface form: Cypriot Greek (Ancient) Doric Greek ⓘ Ionic Greek ⓘ Laconian Greek ⓘ Lesbian Greek dialect ⓘ surface form: Lesbian Aeolic Northwest Greek ⓘ Pamphylian Greek ⓘ Aeolic Greek ⓘ surface form: Thessalian Greek
hasProperty	dialect boundaries were often gradual rather than sharp ⓘ dialect distribution correlated with Greek city-states and regions ⓘ reflected in epigraphic evidence across the Greek world ⓘ
influenced	development of Koine Greek ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
partOf	Ancient Greek ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greek language
precededBy	Mycenaean Greek ⓘ
spokenIn	Aegean Sea region ⓘ surface form: Aegean region Asia Minor ⓘ surface form: Asia Minor (western coastal regions) Balkans ⓘ Greek world ⓘ Magna Graecia ⓘ eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
standardizedAs	Attic-Ionic basis of Koine Greek ⓘ
studiedIn	classical philology ⓘ dialectology ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ
subFamily	Hellenic languages ⓘ
timePeriod	Archaic Greece ⓘ Classical Greece ⓘ Hellenistic period (early phase) ⓘ
usedFor	Attic drama ⓘ administrative documents in poleis ⓘ epic poetry (primarily Ionic and Aeolic elements) ⓘ inscriptions in city-states ⓘ lyric poetry (often Doric and Aeolic varieties) ⓘ
writingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ

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Ionian Greek → partOf → Ancient Greek dialect continuum ⓘ