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 (9)

Label	Occurrences
Standard Modern Greek	27
Modern Greek canonical	26
Greek language	2
Demotic Greek	1
Modern Greek language	1
Modern Greek literature	1
Modern Greek phonology	1
Standard Modern Greek grammar	1
Standard Modern Greek in Cyprus	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T62514 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Modern Greek
Context triple: [Koine Greek, influenced, Modern Greek]

A. Koine Greek
Koine Greek is the common dialect of ancient Greek that served as the primary language of the New Testament and early Christian writings.
B. Greek American
Greek Americans are U.S. citizens or residents of Greek ancestry, known for maintaining strong cultural, religious, and community ties rooted in Greek heritage.
C. Greece
Greece is a southeastern European country known as the cradle of Western civilization, famed for its ancient history, philosophy, democracy, and influential cultural heritage.
D. Hellenic Parliament
The Hellenic Parliament is the unicameral national legislature of Greece, responsible for making laws, overseeing the government, and representing the Greek people.
E. Albanian language
The Albanian language is the unique modern representative of its own branch within the Indo-European family, spoken primarily in Albania, Kosovo, and neighboring regions of the Balkans.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Modern Greek
Target entity description: 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.

A. Koine Greek
Koine Greek is the common dialect of ancient Greek that served as the primary language of the New Testament and early Christian writings.
B. Greek American
Greek Americans are U.S. citizens or residents of Greek ancestry, known for maintaining strong cultural, religious, and community ties rooted in Greek heritage.
C. Greece
Greece is a southeastern European country known as the cradle of Western civilization, famed for its ancient history, philosophy, democracy, and influential cultural heritage.
D. Hellenic Parliament
The Hellenic Parliament is the unicameral national legislature of Greece, responsible for making laws, overseeing the government, and representing the Greek people.
E. Albanian language
The Albanian language is the unique modern representative of its own branch within the Indo-European family, spoken primarily in Albania, Kosovo, and neighboring regions of the Balkans.
F. None of above. chosen

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (61)

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 ⓘ

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