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List, map, table of features. Dialects of Greek, Kelley L. Ross. Map and brief description. Excerpts from Margalit Finkelburg, "Greeks and Pre-Greeks: Aegean Prehistory and Greek Heroic Tradition" (PDF). (162 KiB). One of the topics is the origin of the dialects.
Mariupolitan Greek is closely related to Pontic Greek and evolved from the dialect of Greek spoken in the Crimea, which was a part of the Pontic Empire of Trebizond until that state fell to the Ottomans in 1461. [37] Thereafter the Crimean region remained independent and continued to exist as the Greek Principality of Theodoro.
The distribution of major modern Greek dialect areas. Modern Greek language (Νεοελληνική γλώσσα) is the only official language of the Hellenic Republic, and is spoken by some 99.5% of the population — about 11,100,000 people [3] (though not necessarily as a first language).
Ancient Greek was a pluricentric language, divided into many dialects.The main dialect groups are Attic and Ionic, Aeolic, Arcadocypriot, and Doric, many of them with several subdivisions.
Greek dialects may refer to: Ancient Greek dialects; Varieties of Modern Greek This page was last edited on 28 December 2019, at 16:14 (UTC). Text is available ...
Below is a list of several words in the Aeolian dialect, written in the Greek alphabet, along with a transcription in the Latin alphabet. Each word is followed by its meaning and compared to similar words in other ancient Greek dialects. The "notes" section provides additional information, and if applicable, an etymology is given.
Distribution of Greek dialects in Greece in the classical period. [1] Western group:
[9] [10] [11] This local variety is usually classified by scholars as a dialect of Northwest Doric Greek, [note 1] and occasionally as an Aeolic Greek dialect [note 2] or a distinct sister language of Greek; [note 3] due to the latter classification, a family under the name "Hellenic" has been suggested to group together Greek proper and the ...