Byzantine Greek

English

Noun

Byzantine Greek (uncountable)

1. Collectively, the continuum of forms of the Greek language as written and spoken during the time of the Byzantine Empire (C.E. 330–1453), preceded by Koine Greek and succeeded by Modern Greek. (ISO 639-3 code: grc shared with Classical Greek.)

   Synonyms: Medieval Greek, Middle Greek, (the latter is somewhat broader) Old Greek

Translations

the continuum of forms of the Greek language as written and spoken during the time of the Byzantine Empire

• Armenian: միջին հունարեն (hy) (miǰin hunaren), բյուզանդական հունարեն (byuzandakan hunaren)
• French: grec médiéval, grec byzantin (fr)
• Galician: grego bizantino m
• German: Mittelgriechisch (de) n, byzantinisches Griechisch n
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• Greek: μεσαιωνική ελληνική (mesaionikí ellinikí)
• Italian: greco bizantino, greco medioevale
• Romanian: greacă bizantină f, greacă medievală f
• Russian: византи́йский язы́к (vizantíjskij jazýk), среднегре́ческий язы́к (srednegréčeskij jazýk)

Further reading

• (international standards) language code for [[w:ISO 639:Byzantine Greek|]].
• Byzantine Greek on Wikipedia.Wikipedia