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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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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek dialect group → branch of the Greek language →
distinctFrom	Aeolic Greek → Arcado-Cypriot Greek → Attic Greek → Ionic Greek →
hasAlternativeName	North-West Greek → Northwestern Greek dialects →
hasDialect	Acarnanian dialect → Aetolian dialect → Doric Greek → Locrian dialect → 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 languages →
partOf	Ancient Greek →
precededBy	Proto-Greek →
sharesFeatureWith	Doric Greek →
spokenIn	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 (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Northwest Greek ("North-West Greek") → Northwest Greek ("Northwestern Greek dialects") →	hasAlternativeName
Ionic Greek →	contrastedWith
Ancient Greek →	hasDialect
Hellenic languages →	hasPart
Doric Greek ("Northwest Doric") →	hasVariant
Aeolic Greek →	relatedTo