Ionic Greek

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Greek language variety ancient Greek dialect

Ionic Greek is an ancient Greek dialect, notably used in early epic and scientific literature, that significantly influenced the later development of Koine Greek.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ionic Greek alphabet	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek language variety ⓘ ancient Greek dialect ⓘ
adoptedBy	Athens in 4th century BCE (as alphabet standard) ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Attic Greek ⓘ
contrastedWith	Aeolic Greek ⓘ Doric Greek ⓘ Northwest Greek ⓘ
developedFrom	Proto-Greek ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Aegean islands ⓘ Ionia ⓘ western coast of Asia Minor ⓘ
hasVariant	New Ionic ⓘ Old Ionic ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ
historicalStatus	extinct as a spoken vernacular ⓘ
influenced	Attic Greek vocabulary ⓘ Ancient Greek ⓘ surface form: Homeric Greek Koine Greek ⓘ
languageBranch	Hellenic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
lexicalFeature	Ionian-specific vocabulary items ⓘ
morphologicalFeature	distinct verb endings compared to Attic ⓘ
partOf	Ancient Greek ⓘ
phonologicalFeature	long ē where Attic has ā ⓘ loss of /w/ (digamma) ⓘ
preservedIn	inscriptions from Ionia ⓘ manuscript tradition of Homer ⓘ manuscripts of Herodotus ⓘ
sharesIsoglossWith	Attic Greek ⓘ surface form: Attic-Ionic dialect group
standardizedInto	classical Ionic alphabet of 24 letters ⓘ
standardLanguageFor	some early Greek prose genres ⓘ
subclassOf	Eastern Greek dialect ⓘ
timePeriod	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Archaic Greece Classical Greece ⓘ
usedBy	Ionia ⓘ surface form: Ionian Greeks inhabitants of Ionia ⓘ
usedFor	geographical and ethnographic description in Herodotus ⓘ philosophical prose in early Ionia ⓘ
usedIn	Homeric epics ⓘ surface form: Homeric poetry early Greek epic poetry ⓘ early Greek historiography ⓘ scientific prose ⓘ
usedInWork	Homer's Iliad ⓘ surface form: Homeric Iliad Homer's Odyssey ⓘ surface form: Homeric Odyssey early Ionian scientific prose ⓘ works of Herodotus ⓘ
writingSystemVariant	Ionic alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Attic Greek → contrastsWith → Ionic Greek ⓘ

Koine Greek → developedFrom → Ionic Greek ⓘ

Doric Greek → distinctFrom → Ionic Greek ⓘ

Northwest Greek → distinctFrom → Ionic Greek ⓘ

Proto-Greek → hasDescendant → Ionic Greek ⓘ

Ancient Greek → hasDialect → Ionic Greek ⓘ

Greek language → hasDialects → Ionic Greek ⓘ

Hellenic languages → hasPart → Ionic Greek ⓘ

Greek alphabet → hasVariant → Ionic Greek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ionic Greek alphabet

Ionia → language → Ionic Greek ⓘ

Aeolic Greek → relatedTo → Ionic Greek ⓘ

Ionian Greek → subclassOf → Ionic Greek ⓘ