Demotic Greek

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modern Greek dialect continuum variety of Greek language vernacular language

Demotic Greek is the modern vernacular form of the Greek language that evolved from everyday speech and became the basis of the standard Modern Greek used today.

Aliases (2)

Dimotiki ×1
Standard Modern Greek orthography ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	modern Greek dialect continuum → variety of Greek language → vernacular language →
alternativeName	Demotic → Dimotiki →
becameBasisOf	Standard Modern Greek →
contrastsWith	Katharevousa →
country	Greece →
developedFrom	Byzantine Greek → Koine Greek → Medieval Greek →
evolvedFrom	everyday spoken Greek →
hasFeature	analytic future tense with θα → loss of dative case → simplified morphology compared to Ancient Greek → stress-based accent system → use of definite articles → use of periphrastic verb forms →
hasPhonologicalFeature	five-vowel system → palatalization of velars before front vowels →
historicalContext	Greek language question →
influenced	Standard Modern Greek grammar → Standard Modern Greek orthography → Standard Modern Greek vocabulary →
languageBranch	Hellenic languages →
languageCodeISO639-3	ell →
languageFamily	Indo-European languages →
linguisticType	vernacular speech →
partOf	Modern Greek language →
recognizedAsOfficialBasis	1976 language reform in Greece →
region	Eastern Mediterranean →
scriptDirection	left-to-right →
standardizedAs	Modern Greek →
status	basis of official language of Cyprus → basis of official language of Greece →
subbranchOf	Greek language →
timePeriod	modern era →
usedBy	Greek Cypriots → Greek people →
usedFor	education in Greece → everyday communication → literature → mass media in Greece →
usedIn	Cyprus → Greece →
writingSystem	Greek alphabet →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Demotic Greek ("Dimotiki") →	alternativeName
Katharevousa →	contrastedWith
Modern Greek →	hasVariety
Greek language →	historicallyHadStandardForm
Demotic Greek ("Standard Modern Greek orthography") →	influenced
Katharevousa →	replacedBy