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Middle Greek: The Language That Shaped Modern Greek

Learn about the journey of the Greek language from its ancient origins to the vernacular of modern Greece through the lens of Middle Greek.
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Learning Greek, speaking Cypriot: what’s wrong with a classroom in dialect?

The Cypriot dialect has travelled a long way from the margins. Once confined to casual conversations and jokes among friends, it is now breaking into public life, heard in radio ads, TV sketches, and ...
Greek Reporter

“OK,” Is This Borrowed From the Greek Language, Too?

OK is one of the most frequently used words in the English language, but does it have a Greek origin? There are numerous ...
EurekAlert!

Last chance to record archaic Greek language ‘heading for extinction’

A new data crowdsourcing platform aims to preserve the sound of Romeyka, an endangered millennia-old variety of Greek. Experts consider the language to be a linguistic goldmine and a living bridge to ...
Variety

ABC Family speaking ‘Greek’

It’s all “Greek” to ABC Family, which has picked up 10 more episodes of the college-set drama. ABC Family initially greenlit 10 segs of “Greek”; the additional order, confirmed Tuesday, brings the ...
MarketWatch

We retired to Athens without speaking Greek — here’s how we got the easy travel and affordable life we wanted

It’s midafternoon, sunny and in the 70s on a November day in Athens. Daniel Bartlow and Linda Pinckney, who moved to the Greek capital three years ago, are getting ready for their daily happy-hour ...
Seattle Times

Speak Greek? Seattle-area chorus offers restaurant raves

A resounding efkharisto (thank you!) to scores of readers who shared with me their Greek food go-tos: from the corner gyro joint to the Greek diner hangouts to the sit-down-dinner places where I might ...