Northwest Greek

E39656

ancient Greek dialect group branch of the Greek language

Northwest Greek is a branch of the ancient Greek dialects spoken mainly in northwestern Greece, distinct from Ionic and other major dialect groups in phonology and morphology.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Northwest Greek canonical	7
Northwest Doric Greek	3
North-West Greek	1
Northwest Doric	1
Northwest Doric dialect of Ancient Greek	1
Northwest Greek dialect	1
Northwest Greek subgroup	1
Northwestern Greek dialects	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek dialect group ⓘ branch of the Greek language ⓘ
distinctFrom	Aeolic Greek ⓘ Arcadocypriot Greek ⓘ surface form: Arcado-Cypriot Greek Attic Greek ⓘ Ionic Greek ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Northwest Greek ⓘ surface form: North-West Greek Northwest Greek ⓘ surface form: Northwestern Greek dialects
hasDialect	Locrian dialect ⓘ surface form: Acarnanian dialect Locrian dialect ⓘ surface form: Aetolian dialect Doric Greek ⓘ Locrian dialect ⓘ Doric Greek ⓘ surface form: Northwest Doric Phocian dialect ⓘ
hasFeature	conservative retention of some Proto-Greek features ⓘ distinct morphology from Ionic ⓘ distinct phonology from Ionic ⓘ specific vowel developments differing from Attic-Ionic ⓘ use of -ā in some feminine nouns ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code	grc ⓘ
influenced	Koine Greek ⓘ Northwestern varieties of Koine Greek ⓘ
languageBranch	Hellenic branch ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
partOf	Ancient Greek ⓘ
precededBy	Proto-Greek ⓘ
sharesFeatureWith	Doric Greek ⓘ
spokenIn	Aetolia ⓘ surface form: Acarnania Aetolia ⓘ Doris ⓘ Epirus ⓘ Locris ⓘ Phocis ⓘ northwest Peloponnese ⓘ northwestern Greece ⓘ
studiedIn	classical philology ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf	Greek dialects ⓘ Hellenic languages ⓘ
timePeriod	1st millennium BCE ⓘ Archaic period ⓘ Classical period ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ
usedIn	dedicatory inscriptions ⓘ funerary inscriptions ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ public documents ⓘ
writingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Ionic Greek → contrastedWith → Northwest Greek ⓘ

Hellenic languages → hasPart → Northwest Greek ⓘ

Ancient Greek → hasDialect → Northwest Greek ⓘ

Doric Greek → hasVariant → Northwest Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Doric

Aeolic Greek → relatedTo → Northwest Greek ⓘ

Northwest Greek → hasAlternativeName → Northwest Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: North-West Greek

Northwest Greek → hasAlternativeName → Northwest Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwestern Greek dialects

Ancient Elis → usedDialect → Northwest Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Doric Greek

Locrian dialect → subgroupOf → Northwest Greek ⓘ

Locrian dialect → belongsToGroup → Northwest Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Greek subgroup

Phocians → language → Northwest Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Doric dialect of Ancient Greek

Ἦλις → dialect → Northwest Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Doric Greek

Acarnanians → usedDialect → Northwest Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Greek dialect

Eastern Greek dialects → contrastedWith → Northwest Greek ⓘ

Ancient Greek dialect continuum → hasPart → Northwest Greek ⓘ

Elis, Greece → dialect → Northwest Greek ⓘ

subject surface form: Elis

this entity surface form: Northwest Doric Greek