Modern Greek

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language stage of the Greek language standard language variety of Modern Greek

Modern Greek is the contemporary form of the Greek language, used in Greece and Cyprus today and descended from earlier historical stages such as Koine Greek.

Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form Occurrences
Standard Modern Greek 15
Demotic Greek 1
Greek language 2
Cappadocian Greek 0
Cretan Greek 0
Cypriot Greek 0
Katharevousa 0
Modern Greek language 1
Modern Greek phonology 1
Pontic Greek 0

Statements (75)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language ⓘ
stage of the Greek language ⓘ
standard language ⓘ
variety of Modern Greek ⓘ
variety of Modern Greek ⓘ
variety of Modern Greek ⓘ
variety of Modern Greek ⓘ
variety of Modern Greek ⓘ
variety of Modern Greek ⓘ
variety of Modern Greek ⓘ
ancestor Ancient Greek ⓘ
Byzantine Greek ⓘ
Koine Greek ⓘ
basedOn Modern Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Demotic Greek
country Cyprus ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
follows Koine Greek ⓘ
Medieval Greek ⓘ
hasArticleType definite article ⓘ
indefinite meaning without dedicated article ⓘ
hasCase accusative ⓘ
genitive ⓘ
nominative ⓘ
vocative ⓘ
hasGender feminine ⓘ
masculine ⓘ
neuter ⓘ
hasHistoricalStage Katharevousa ⓘ
hasMood imperative ⓘ
indicative ⓘ
subjunctive ⓘ
hasNumber plural ⓘ
singular ⓘ
hasOrthographicReform monotonic orthography ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature five-vowel system ⓘ
stress accent ⓘ
hasStandardForm Modern Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Standard Modern Greek
hasTense aorist ⓘ
future ⓘ
imperfect ⓘ
present ⓘ
hasVariety Cappadocian Greek ⓘ
Cretan Greek ⓘ
Cypriot Greek ⓘ
Demotic Greek ⓘ
Ionian Islands Greek dialects ⓘ
Macedonian Greek dialect ⓘ
Northern Greek dialects ⓘ
Peloponnesian Greek dialect ⓘ
Pontic Greek ⓘ
Tsakonian ⓘ
hasVoice active ⓘ
mediopassive ⓘ
ISO639-1Code el ⓘ
ISO639-2Code ell ⓘ
gre ⓘ
ISO639-3Code ell ⓘ
languageBranch Hellenic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
officialLanguageOf European Union ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
surface form: Hellenic Republic

Cyprus ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Cyprus
regulator Academy of Athens ⓘ
Centre for the Greek Language ⓘ
replaced polytonic orthography in official use ⓘ
spokenIn Greek diaspora communities ⓘ
subclassOf Greek language ⓘ
timePeriod from approximately 15th century CE to present ⓘ
usedAs liturgical language of the Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ
usedFor administration in Greece ⓘ
education in Greece ⓘ
literature in contemporary Greek culture ⓘ
media in Greece ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

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

Ancient Greek → ancestorOf → Modern Greek ⓘ
Modern Greek → basedOn → Modern Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Standard Modern Greek
this entity surface form: Demotic Greek
Demotic Greek → becameBasisOf → Modern Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Modern Greek
Cappadocian Greek → closelyRelatedTo → Modern Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Modern Greek
Cretan Greek → closelyRelatedTo → Modern Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Modern Greek
Cypriot Greek → closelyRelatedTo → Modern Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Modern Greek
Pontic Greek → closelyRelatedTo → Modern Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Modern Greek
Cypriot Greek → coexistsWith → Modern Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Modern Greek in Cyprus
Greek language → descendedInto → Modern Greek ⓘ
Proto-Greek → hasDescendant → Modern Greek ⓘ
Proto-Greek → hasDescendant → Modern Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Modern Greek
this entity surface form: Standard Modern Greek
this entity surface form: Standard Modern Greek
this entity surface form: Standard Modern Greek
Greek language → hasHistoricalStage → Modern Greek ⓘ
Balkans → hasLanguageFamily → Modern Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greek language
Tsakonian → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Modern Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Modern Greek
Hellenic languages → hasPart → Modern Greek ⓘ
Greek language → hasStandardForm → Modern Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Modern Greek
Modern Greek → hasStandardForm → Modern Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Modern Greek
Ancient Greek → influenced → Modern Greek ⓘ
Demotic Greek → influenced → Modern Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Modern Greek grammar
Koine Greek → influenced → Modern Greek ⓘ
Medieval Greek → influenced → Modern Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Modern Greek phonology
Tsakonian → languageShiftTo → Modern Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Modern Greek
Greeks → modernLanguage → Modern Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Modern Greek
Demotic Greek → partOf → Modern Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Modern Greek language
Medieval Greek → precedes → Modern Greek ⓘ
Katharevousa → replacedBy → Modern Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Modern Greek
Demotic Greek → standardizedAs → Modern Greek ⓘ
Koine Greek → subclassOf → Modern Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greek language