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269 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Greek ɡri�k
(Classical)
Language name Gothic �ɡɒθik
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Indo-European Germanic
Language family Indo-European Hellenic
Spoken in
Spoken in Greece
Approximate number of speakers extinct
Approximate number of speakers extinct
Writing system modified version of the Greek alphabet
Writing system Greek
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress word-initial
Stress
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 7�5 short�3 diphthongs
Said to have how many vowels? 7�length (5)
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone none
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology fusional stem-based
Morphology fusional stem-based
Particular formation types prefix; reduplication; suffix; apophony
Particular formation types prefix; suffix; partial initial reduplication
Syntax
Syntax
Word order SOV NA prepositions
NPoss
Word order Free AN prepositions
PossN and NPoss
Particular syntactic phenomena gender; nominative / accusative marking; dual; conjugation
classes
Particular syntactic phenomena gender; nominative / accusative marking; morphological
aspect; dual; conjugation classes
Points of interest
Sources Campbell (1991), Luraghi (2005), Ruhlen (1976)
Points of interest known from a fourth-century translation of the Bible by
Wulfila; persisted in the Crimea until the sixteenth century
Sources Jasanoff (2004)