Greek
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- Language: Greek
- Alternate names: ELLINIKA, GREC, GRAECAE, ROMAIC, NEO-HELLENIC
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:ell
- Language family: Indo-European, Greek, Attic
- Number of speakers: 12000000
- Script: -
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Introduction
Katharevousa is an archaic literary dialect, Dimotiki is the spoken literary dialect and now the official dialect. The Saracatsan are nomadic shepherds of northern Greece. Greeks in Russia and Ukraine speak either Greek or Turkish and are called 'Urums'. The Karamanli were Orthodox Christian Turks who came from central Turkey. National language. Dictionary. Grammar. SVO. Bible 1840-1955.
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The verb
References
- Christides, Vassilios. 201 Modern Greek Verbs. edition. New York, USA. 1980.