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Greek  

Definition

  • Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to the southern Balkans, the Aegean Islands, western Asia Minor and Cyprus. It has the longest continuous recorded history of any European language.Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history.Greek roots are often used to coin new words for other languages; Greek and Latin are the predominant sources of international scientific vocabulary.

Identifier

  • ELL

Change note

  • Misusing: GR country code instead of language code

Notation

  • el
  • EL
  • ell
  • GR
  • gre

In other languages

  • гръцки

    Bulgarian

  • grčki

    Croatian

  • řečtina

    Czech

  • græsk

    Danish

  • Grieks

    Dutch

  • kreeka keel

    Estonian

  • kreikka

    Finnish

  • grec

    French

  • Griechisch

    German

  • ελληνικά

    Greek

  • elliniká
  • görög

    Hungarian

  • gríska

    Icelandic

  • Gréigis

    Irish

  • greco

    Italian

  • grieķu valoda

    Latvian

  • graikų kalba

    Lithuanian

  • грчки

    Macedonian

  • Grieg

    Maltese

  • gresk

    Norwegian

  • grecki

    Polish

  • grego

    Portuguese

  • greacă

    Romanian

  • греческий

    Russian

  • грчки

    Serbian

  • grčki

    Serbo-Croatian

  • gréčtina

    Slovak

  • grščina

    Slovenian

  • griego

    Spanish

  • grekiska

    Swedish

  • yunanca

    Turkish

  • грецька мова

    Ukrainian

  • grjekšćina

    Upper Sorbian

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ELL

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