In its modern form, Greek is the official language of Greece and Cyprus and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. It is spoken by at least 13.5 million people today in Greece, …

Nov 25, 2025 · Greek language, Indo-European language spoken primarily in Greece. It has a long and well-documented history—the longest of any Indo-European language—spanning 34 centuries.

Greek (Modern Greek: ελληνικά, romanized: elliniká [eliniˈka] ⓘ; Ancient Greek: ἑλληνική, romanized: hellēnikḗ [helːɛːnikɛ́ː]) is an Indo-European language, constituting an independent Hellenic branch …

Feb 2, 2025 · Ancient Greek is the language of the “Dark Ages” and the Archaic and Classical periods of the ancient Greek civilization (1200-300 BC). It follows just after the collapse of Mycenaean palatial …

The Greek language, known as “Ελληνικά” (Elliniká) in Greek, stands as one of the world’s oldest recorded living languages. With a history spanning over 3,400 years, Greek has a rich legacy in the …

Greek belongs to the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is spoken mainly in Greece and Cyprus, and also in Australia, Albania, Italy, Ukraine, Turkey, Romania and Hungary.

Greek is an Indo-European language that has been spoken and written for four thousand years in a small area of southeastern Europe. The written tradition of Greek is evidenced in texts in Linear B (a …

The Erasmian pronunciation is probably different from the way Greek was pronounced at the time of the New Testament, but it is widespread among scholars, and it has the advantage that every letter is …

Greek has been important in the intellectual life of western civilization, but not to the extent of Latin except for ecclesiastical matters. In years past, Latin was introduced in the first year of High School, …

Apart from its use in writing the Greek language, in both its ancient and its modern forms, the Greek alphabet today also serves as a source of international technical symbols and labels in many …