Modern Greek

dialects and varieties of the Greek language spoken in the modern era
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Modern Greek

Summary

Modern Greek is a modern language[1]. It draws 2,805 Wikipedia views per month (modern_language category, ranking #5 of 43).[2]

Key Facts

  • Modern Greek is in the country of Albania[3].
  • Modern Greek is in the country of Cyprus[4].
  • Modern Greek is in the country of Greece[5].
  • Modern Greek's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Modern Greek's instance of is recorded as language[7].
  • Modern Greek's follows is recorded as medieval Greek[8].
  • Modern Greek's follows is recorded as Koine Greek[9].
  • Modern Greek's follows is recorded as Ancient Greek[10].
  • Modern Greek's ISO 639-1 code is recorded as el[11].
  • Modern Greek's ISO 639-2 code is recorded as ell[12].
  • Modern Greek's ISO 639-2 code is recorded as gre[13].
  • Modern Greek's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as ell[14].
  • Modern Greek's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85057166[15].
  • Modern Greek's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119315990[16].
  • Modern Greek's subclass of is recorded as Hellenic[17].
  • Modern Greek's subclass of is recorded as Southern European language[18].
  • Modern Greek's subclass of is recorded as Greek[19].
  • Modern Greek's writing system is recorded as Greek alphabet[20].
  • Modern Greek's IETF language tag is recorded as el[21].
  • Modern Greek's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00562481[22].
  • Modern Greek's Commons category is recorded as Greek language[23].
  • Modern Greek's Wikimedia language code is recorded as el[24].
  • Modern Greek's said to be the same as is recorded as Greek[25].
  • Modern Greek's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 12702[26].
  • Modern Greek's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38, 'lon': 22}[27].

Why It Matters

Modern Greek draws 2,805 Wikipedia views per month (modern_language category, ranking #5 of 43).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Archaeology & Language. 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] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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. 28d ago · Ceaseless Watcher · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 4w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of Hellenic, Southern European language, Greek
    Ethnologue language status 1 National
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