Doric Greek

E38670
Doric dialect ancient Greek dialect

Doric Greek is an ancient Greek dialect associated especially with Sparta and the Dorian regions, characterized by distinct phonological and morphological features that set it apart from Ionic and Attic Greek.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Doric Greek canonical 26
Cretan Doric 2
Dorian Greek 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Doric dialect ⓘ
ancient Greek dialect ⓘ
associatedWith Corinth ⓘ
Crete ⓘ
Dodecanese ⓘ
Dorians ⓘ
Megara ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
Southern Italy ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ
distinctFrom Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Attic Greek ⓘ
Ionic Greek ⓘ
hasFeature conservative phonology ⓘ
dialectal lexical items ⓘ
different infinitive endings from Attic-Ionic ⓘ
distinct genitive plural endings ⓘ
distinct morphological endings ⓘ
distinct participial forms ⓘ
distinct vowel system ⓘ
retention of /w/ sound in some positions ⓘ
special forms of personal pronouns ⓘ
use of -ᾱ- instead of -η- in many forms ⓘ
use of long alpha where Attic has eta ⓘ
hasVariant Cretan Doric ⓘ
linked to: Doric Greek

Laconian dialect ⓘ
linked to: Doric Greek

Northwest Doric ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Greek

Rhodian Doric ⓘ
linked to: Doric Greek
historicalStatus extinct language variety ⓘ
influenced Koine Greek vocabulary in some regions ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
linked to: Indo-European language family
partOf Greek language ⓘ
region Argolis ⓘ
Cyrenaica ⓘ
Laconia ⓘ
Messenia ⓘ
Rhodes ⓘ
studiedIn classical philology ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf Ancient Greek ⓘ
Hellenic language ⓘ
timePeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
usedIn Bacchylides' poetry ⓘ
Pindar's poetry ⓘ
choral lyric poetry ⓘ
epigraphic documents ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
parts of Greek drama ⓘ
public decrees in Dorian cities ⓘ
writingSystem Greek alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (37)

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

Ionic Greek → contrastedWith → Doric Greek ⓘ
Hellenic languages → hasPart → Doric Greek ⓘ
Attic Greek → contrastsWith → Doric Greek ⓘ
Magna Graecia → foundedBy → Dorian Greeks ⓘ
linked to: Doric Greek
Ancient Greek → hasDialect → Doric Greek ⓘ
Doric Greek → hasVariant → Laconian dialect ⓘ
linked to: Doric Greek
Doric Greek → hasVariant → Cretan Doric ⓘ
linked to: Doric Greek
Doric Greek → hasVariant → Rhodian Doric ⓘ
linked to: Doric Greek
Greek language → hasDialects → Doric Greek ⓘ
Aeolic Greek → relatedTo → Doric Greek ⓘ
Northwest Greek → hasDialect → Doric Greek ⓘ
Northwest Greek → hasDialect → Northwest Doric ⓘ
linked to: Doric Greek
Northwest Greek → sharesFeatureWith → Doric Greek ⓘ
Tsakonian → hasAncestor → Doric Greek ⓘ
Tsakonian → derivedFrom → Laconian Doric ⓘ
linked to: Doric Greek
Proto-Greek → hasDescendant → Doric Greek ⓘ
Tarentum → hasDialect → Doric Greek ⓘ
Sparta → language → Doric Greek ⓘ
Corinth → dialect → Doric Greek ⓘ
Laconia → ethnonym → Laconian ⓘ
linked to: Doric Greek
Spartan army → languageOfCommand → Doric Greek ⓘ
Dorians → language → Doric Greek ⓘ
Lesbian Greek dialect → differsFrom → Doric Greek ⓘ
Locrian dialect → sharesFeaturesWith → Doric Greek ⓘ
Tsakonia → historicalLinguisticOrigin → Doric Greek ⓘ
Propontis Tsakonian → languageBranch → Doric Greek ⓘ
ancient Laconia → partOf → Dorian Greek world ⓘ
linked to: Doric Greek
Tsakonians → languageOrigin → Doric Greek ⓘ
Ancient Megara → dialect → Doric Greek ⓘ
Spartans → language → Doric Greek ⓘ
Dorian → languageVariety → Doric Greek ⓘ
Dorian → hasEthnicIdentity → Dorian Greek ⓘ
linked to: Doric Greek
Dorian Hexapolis → ethnicCharacter → Dorian Greek ⓘ
linked to: Doric Greek
Dorian Hexapolis → dominantDialect → Doric Greek ⓘ
Eastern Greek dialects → contrastedWith → Doric Greek ⓘ
Ancient Greek dialect continuum → hasPart → Doric Greek ⓘ
Ancient Greek dialect continuum → hasPart → Cretan Doric ⓘ
linked to: Doric Greek