Ancient Greek

forms of Greek used from around the 9th century BCE to the 6th century CE
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Ancient Greek is a language [1].

Ancient Greek

Summary

Ancient Greek is a language[1]. It ranks in the top 0.018% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,626 views/month, #1 of 5,611).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ancient Greek's image is recorded as Account of the construction of Athena Parthenos by Phidias.jpg[3].
  • Ancient Greek's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Ancient Greek's instance of is recorded as historical language[5].
  • Ancient Greek's follows is recorded as Mycenaean Greek[6].
  • Ancient Greek's followed by is recorded as Modern Greek[7].
  • Ancient Greek's followed by is recorded as Tsakonian[8].
  • Ancient Greek's followed by is recorded as Koine Greek[9].
  • Ancient Greek's ISO 639-2 code is recorded as grc[10].
  • Ancient Greek's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as grc[11].
  • Ancient Greek's GND ID is recorded as 4113791-7[12].
  • Ancient Greek's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11931595m[13].
  • Ancient Greek's GOST 7.75–97 code is recorded as дрг 186[14].
  • Ancient Greek's subclass of is recorded as Hellenic[15].
  • Ancient Greek's writing system is recorded as Greek alphabet[16].
  • Ancient Greek's writing system is recorded as Linear B[17].
  • Ancient Greek's IETF language tag is recorded as grc[18].
  • Ancient Greek's Commons category is recorded as Ancient Greek language[19].
  • Ancient Greek's Wikimedia language code is recorded as grc[20].
  • Ancient Greek's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 122[21].
  • Ancient Greek's has part is recorded as Archaic Greek[22].
  • Ancient Greek's has part is recorded as Classical Greek[23].
  • Ancient Greek's has part is recorded as Koine Greek[24].
  • Ancient Greek's has part is recorded as ancient Greek word[25].
  • Ancient Greek's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01307m[26].
  • Ancient Greek's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph126053[27].

Why It Matters

Ancient Greek ranks in the top 0.018% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,626 views/month, #1 of 5,611).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

It has been cited as an influence by Venetian[30], a natural language[31], in Italy[32].

FAQs

Who did Ancient Greek influence?

Ancient Greek has been cited as an influence by Venetian[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Archaeology & Language. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ethnologue language status 9 Second language only
    Has grammatical mood indicative, subjunctive, imperative +1
    Replaces Mycenaean Greek
    Indigenous to Ancient Greece, Mediterranean Region
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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