Katharevousa

E39657

archaizing language variety conservative language variety form of the Greek language language register

Katharevousa is a conservative, archaizing form of the Greek language that was used in official and literary contexts in Greece from the 19th to the late 20th century.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Katharevousa canonical	5

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaizing language variety ⓘ conservative language variety ⓘ form of the Greek language ⓘ language register ⓘ
basedOn	Ancient Greek ⓘ
characteristic	archaic vocabulary ⓘ conservative morphology ⓘ formal syntax ⓘ limited use of loanwords ⓘ
contains	classical grammatical forms ⓘ learned neologisms ⓘ
contrastedWith	Demotic Greek ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
domainOfUse	administration ⓘ church documents ⓘ education ⓘ law ⓘ literature ⓘ press ⓘ
endUse	late 20th century ⓘ
etymology	from Greek καθαρεύουσα meaning ‘purifying’ or ‘purist’ ⓘ
influenced	Standard Modern Greek vocabulary ⓘ legal and bureaucratic style in Greek ⓘ
influencedBy	Ancient Greek ⓘ surface form: Classical Greek Koine Greek ⓘ
languageFamily	Hellenic languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
nativeName	Καθαρεύουσα ⓘ
officialStatusUntil	1976 ⓘ
purpose	to bridge Ancient and Modern Greek ⓘ to purify the Greek language ⓘ
relatedConcept	Greek language question ⓘ diglossia in Greece ⓘ
replacedBy	Demotic Greek ⓘ Modern Greek ⓘ surface form: Standard Modern Greek
standardizedIn	19th century Greece ⓘ
startUse	early 19th century ⓘ
status	no longer official language of Greece ⓘ partly preserved in formal registers of Greek ⓘ
subfamily	Greek language ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
usedAs	language of academic writing in Greece ⓘ language of government decrees ⓘ language of many 19th-century Greek novels ⓘ language of official gazettes ⓘ
usedIn	Kingdom of Greece ⓘ modern Greek state ⓘ
writingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ

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Subject: Katharevousa
Description of subject: Katharevousa is a conservative, archaizing form of the Greek language that was used in official and literary contexts in Greece from the 19th to the late 20th century.

Referenced by (5)

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

Modern Greek → hasHistoricalStage → Katharevousa ⓘ

Greek language → historicallyHadStandardForm → Katharevousa ⓘ

Demotic Greek → contrastsWith → Katharevousa ⓘ

Καθαρεύουσα → alternativeName → Katharevousa ⓘ

Greek → hasMajorDialect → Katharevousa ⓘ

subject surface form: Greek language