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.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Modern Greek canonical 22
Standard Modern Greek 22
Greek language 2

How this entity was disambiguated

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 Demotic Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern 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 Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: 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 languages ⓘ
linked to: Indo-European language family
officialLanguageOf European Union ⓘ
Hellenic Republic ⓘ
linked to: Greece

Republic of Cyprus ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (51)

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

Koine Greek → subclassOf → Greek language ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Koine Greek → influenced → Modern Greek ⓘ
Balkans → hasLanguageFamily → Greek language ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Medieval Greek → precedes → Modern Greek ⓘ
Medieval Greek → influenced → Modern Greek phonology ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Modern Greek → hasStandardForm → Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Standard Modern Greek → basedOn → Demotic Greek ⓘ
subject linked to: Modern Greek
linked to: Modern Greek
Hellenic languages → hasPart → Modern Greek ⓘ
Hellenic languages → hasHistoricalStage → Modern Greek ⓘ
Ancient Greek → influenced → Modern Greek ⓘ
Ancient Greek → ancestorOf → Modern Greek ⓘ
Greeks → modernLanguage → Modern Greek ⓘ
Greek language → hasHistoricalStage → Modern Greek ⓘ
Greek language → descendedInto → Modern Greek ⓘ
Greek language → hasStandardForm → Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Katharevousa → replacedBy → Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Pontic Greek → closelyRelatedTo → Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Cappadocian Greek → closelyRelatedTo → Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Tsakonian → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Tsakonian → languageShiftTo → Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Demotic Greek → becameBasisOf → Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Demotic Greek → influenced → Standard Modern Greek grammar ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Demotic Greek → standardizedAs → Modern Greek ⓘ
Demotic Greek → partOf → Modern Greek language ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Cypriot Greek → closelyRelatedTo → Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Cypriot Greek → coexistsWith → Standard Modern Greek in Cyprus ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Cypriot Greek → hasDistinctPronunciationFrom → Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Cypriot Greek → hasDistinctVocabularyFrom → Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Cypriot Greek → hasDistinctGrammarFrom → Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Cretan Greek → closelyRelatedTo → Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Cretan Greek → mutuallyIntelligibleWith → Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Proto-Greek → hasDescendant → Modern Greek ⓘ
Proto-Greek → hasDescendant → Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Catholicon (Church of the Holy Sepulchre) → languageOfLiturgy → Modern Greek ⓘ
subject linked to: Catholicon
Iota → writingSystemUsage → Modern Greek ⓘ
Arvanitika → shiftTo → Modern Greek ⓘ
Department of Modern Greek, University of Cambridge → languageOfInstruction → Modern Greek ⓘ
Department of Modern Greek, University of Cambridge → teachesLanguage → Modern Greek ⓘ
Propontis Tsakonian → distinctFrom → Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Propontis Tsakonian → languageShiftTo → Modern Greek ⓘ
Romeyka → distinctFrom → Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Yevanic → closelyRelatedTo → Modern Greek ⓘ
Griko → closelyRelatedTo → Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Calabrian Greek → sharesFeaturesWith → Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Greek language → ancestorOf → Modern Greek ⓘ
subject linked to: Greek
Greek language → hasHistoricalStage → Modern Greek ⓘ
subject linked to: Greek
Greek language → hasStandardVariety → Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
subject linked to: Greek
linked to: Modern Greek
Eastern Greek dialects → influenced → Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Maniot Greek → standardLanguage → Standard Modern Greek ⓘ
linked to: Modern Greek
Prastos → language → Modern Greek ⓘ