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Demotic Greek
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English
Etymology
From en el δημοτική (γλώσσα) [language] of the people.
Noun
- Demotic Greek
The Modern Greek vernacular language. It became the official Modern Greek in 1976 when Katharevousa was replaced. Most Demotic words integrated in Standard Modern Greek, whereas others are rare or dialectal or literary.
note: All Greek was written in polytonic script until 1982, and in monotonic script after 1982.
Holonyms
en Modern Greek
Coordinate terms
en Coordinate terms Classical Greek Koine Katharevousa Ancient Greek
Related terms
en demotic
Translations
Modern Greek vernacular language
Czech: cs démotiké n
Esperanto: eo demotiko
Finnish: fi dimotiki, fi dimotikí
French: fr dimotiki m f, fr grec démotique m, fr démotique m
German: de Demotike, de Dhimotiki f, de Dimotiki f, de Dimotikí f
Greek: el δημοτική f, el δημοτική γλώσσα f
Italian: it greco demotico m, it demotico m
Japanese: ja デモティキ Demotiki, ja ジモティキ Jimotiki
Korean: ko ^디모티키, ko 민중 ^그리스어
Polish: pl demotyka f
Portuguese: pt grego demótico m, pt demótico m
Russian: ru димо́тика f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh димотѝкӣ m
Latin: sh dimotìkī m
Spanish: es griego demótico m, es demótico m
Ukrainian: uk димо́тика f
Further reading
en Greek