Articles related to the Hellenic languages, the branch of the Indo-European language family whose principal member is Greek. [1] In most classifications, Hellenic consists of Greek alone, [2] [3] but some linguists use the term Hellenic to refer to a group consisting of Greek proper and other varieties thought to be related but different enough to be separate languages, either among ancient neighbouring languages [4] or among modern varieties of Greek. [5] A family under the name "Hellenic" has been suggested to group together Greek proper and the ancient Macedonian language, which is barely attested and whose degree of relatedness to Greek is not well known. The suggestion of a "Hellenic" group with two branches, in this context, represents the idea that Macedonian was not simply a dialect within Greek but a "sibling language" outside the group of Greek varieties proper. [4] [6]
- ^ In other contexts, "Hellenic" and "Greek" are generally synonyms.
- ^ Browning (1983), Medieval and Modern Greek, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Joseph, Brian D. and Irene Philippaki-Warburton (1987): Modern Greek. London: Routledge, p. 1.
- ^ a b B. Joseph (2001): "Ancient Greek". In: J. Garry et al. (eds.) Facts about the World's Major Languages: An Encyclopedia of the World's Major Languages, Past and Present. ( Online Paper)
- ^ David Dalby. The Linguasphere Register of the World's Languages and Speech Communities (1999/2000, Linguasphere Press). Pp. 449-450.
- ^ LinguistList, Ancient Macedonian
Pages in category "Hellenic languages"
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