Hellenic languages
| Hellenic | |
|---|---|
| Greek | |
| Geographic distribution: | Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Anatolia and the Black Sea region |
| Linguistic classification: | Indo-European
|
| Proto-language: | Proto-Greek |
| Subdivisions: |
(?) Macedonian
|
| ISO 639-5: | grk |
The Hellenic languages are a branch of languages from the Indo-European language family. The main language is Greek. Many people say that Greek is the only language in the branch.[2][3] Some people also say that the ancient Macedonian language is part of the branch.[4] Others say it was simply a dialect of Greek.[5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Graeco-Phrygian". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Browning (1983), Medieval and Modern Greek, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ Joseph, Brian D. and Irene Philippaki-Warburton (1987): Modern Greek. London: Routledge, p. 1.
- ↑ LinguistList, Ancient Macedonian
- ↑ David Dalby. The Linguasphere Register of the World's Languages and Speech Communities (1999/2000, Linguasphere Press). Pp. 449-450.
