Demotic Greek

English

Etymology

Partial calque of Greek δημοτική [γλώσσα] (dimotikí [glóssa], “[language] of the people”).

Noun

Demotic Greek (uncountable)

1. The Modern Greek vernacular language. It became the official Modern Greek in 1976 when Katharevousa was replaced, and was written in polytonic script until 1982, and in monotonic script after 1982.

Coordinate terms

Coordinate terms

• Ancient Greek
• Classical Greek
• Katharevousa
• Koine

 

Related terms

• demotic

Translations

Modern Greek vernacular language

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} démotiké n
• Esperanto: demotiko
• Finnish: dimotiki (fi), dimotikí
• French: dimotiki (fr) m or f, grec démotique (fr) m, démotique (fr) m
• German: Demotike, Dhimotiki f, Dimotiki (de) f, Dimotikí (de) f
• Greek: δημοτική (el) f (dimotikí), δημοτική γλώσσα f (dimotikí glóssa)
• Italian: greco demotico m, demotico m
• Japanese: デモティキ (Demotiki), ジモティキ (Jimotiki)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 디모티키 (Dimotiki), 민중 그리스어 (minjung Geuriseueo)
• Portuguese: grego demótico (pt) m, demótico (pt) m
• Russian: димо́тика (ru) f (dimótika)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: димотѝкӣ m

  Roman: dimotìkī (sh) m

• Spanish: griego demótico m, demótico m
• Ukrainian: димо́тика f (dymótyka)

Further reading

• Demotic Greek on Wikipedia.Wikipedia