Modern Greek
dialects and varieties of the Greek language spoken in the modern era
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Summary
Modern Greek is a modern language[1]. It draws 7,513 Wikipedia views per month (modern language category, ranking #5 of 43).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Albania[3], Cyprus[4], Greece[5]
- Instance of: language[6]
- Follows: medieval Greek[7], Koine Greek[8], Ancient Greek[9]
- Subclass of: Hellenic[10], Southern European language[11], Greek[12]
- Writing system: Greek alphabet[13]
- Commons category: Greek language[14]
- Wikimedia language code: el[15]
- Said to be the same as: Greek[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Modern Greek language[17]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 15,000,000[18]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[21]
- Native label: ελληνικά[22], νέα ελληνικά[23]
- Indigenous to: Albania[24], Greece[25]
- Female form of label: la langue grecque[26]
- Studied by: modern Greek culture studies[27]
- Exact match: http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133116735[28]
- Ethnologue language status: 1 National[29]
- Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[30]
- Dialect of: Greek[31]
- Has grammatical number: singular[32], plural[33]
Why It Matters
Modern Greek has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]