Medieval Greek
Medieval Greek (also known as Middle Greek or Byzantine Greek) is the stage of the Greek language. It was spoken from 330 to 1453, mostly in the Byzantine Empire.
Medieval Greek | ||||
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Byzantine Greek Ἑλληνική Ellinikí | ||||
Region | eastern Mediterranean (Byzantine Empire) | |||
Era | 330/395 AD – c.1500 AD; developed into Modern Greek[1] | |||
Language family | Indo-European
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Writing system | Greek alphabet | |||
Official status | ||||
Official language in | 22x20px Byzantine Empire | |||
Language codes | ||||
ISO 639-2 | grc | |||
ISO 639-3 | grc (i.e. with Ancient Greek[2]) | |||
Linguist List | qgk | |||
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Medieval Greek Media
Evolution of Greek dialects from the late Byzantine Empire through to the early 20th century. Demotic in yellow, Pontic in orange, Cappadocian in green. (Green dots indicate Cappadocian Greek speaking villages in 1910.)
References
- ↑ Peter Mackridge, "A language in the image of the nation: Modern Greek and some parallel cases", 2009.
- ↑ The separate code "gkm" was proposed for inclusion in ISO 639-3 in 2006. The request is still pending. ("Change Request Documentation: 2006-084". sil.org. Retrieved 2018-05-19.)
Further reading
- Andriotis, Νicholas P. (1995). History of the Greek Language. Thessalonica, Greece: Institute of Neo-Hellenic Studies.
- Browning, Robert (1983). Medieval and Modern Greek. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-29978-0.
- Horrocks, Geoffrey (2010). Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers. John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 978-1-4051-3415-6.
- Tonnet, Henri (2003). Histoire du grec moderne: la formation d'une langue. L'Asiathèque Langues du monde. ISBN 2-911053-90-7.
- Holton, David; Horrocks, Geoffrey; Janssen, Marjolijne; Lendari, Tina; Manolessou, Io; Toufexis, Notis (2020). The Cambridge Grammar of Medieval and Early Modern Greek. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781316632840. ISBN 9781139026888. S2CID 222381614.