Modern Greek en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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The Greek language as spoken by the Greek people since the fall of Constantinople in 1453. It was written using polytonic script until 1982, when this was officially dropped in favour of monotonic.
Modern Greek is maybe the easiest language to learn that uses a different alphabet.
2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2022:
Meronyms
Demotic Greek · SMG · Standard Modern Greek · Katharevousa
Relateds
Medieval Greek · polytonic · Ancient Greek · monotonic · demotic · Classical Greek · Koine · Byzantine Greek
Synonyms
Romaic (post-15th century Greek) · New Greek (post-15th century Greek)
Translations (47)
la lingua graeca nova (Modern Greek) · la lingua graeca vulgaris (Modern Greek) · fr grec moderne (Modern Greek) · el νέα ελληνικά (Modern Greek) · ko 현대 그리스어 (Modern Greek) · cmn 現代希臘語 /现代希腊语 (Modern Greek) · pl język nowogrecki (Modern Greek) · ru новогре́ческий язы́к (Modern Greek) · fi nykykreikka (Modern Greek) · mk новогр́чки јазик (Modern Greek) · uk новогре́цька мо́ва (Modern Greek) · be навагрэ́чаская мо́ва (Modern Greek) · km ក្រិកទំនើប (Modern Greek) · ar اللُّغَةُ الْيُونَانِيَّةُ الْحَدِيثَة (Modern Greek) · cs novořečtina (Modern Greek) · nn nygresk (Modern Greek) · la lingua neograeca (Modern Greek) · sh novogrčki jezik (Modern Greek) · de neugriechisch (Modern Greek) · cs moderní řečtina (Modern Greek) · el νέα ελληνική (Modern Greek) · da nygræsk (Modern Greek) · be навагрэ́цкая мо́ва (Modern Greek) · hy նոր հունարեն (Modern Greek) · vi tiếng Hy Lạp hiện đại (Modern Greek) · gl grego moderno (Modern Greek) · sk novogréčtina (Modern Greek) · bg новогръ́цки ези́к (Modern Greek) · mk новогр́чки (Modern Greek) · nl Nieuwgrieks (Modern Greek) · ca grec modern (Modern Greek) · sh новогрчки језик (Modern Greek) · sv nygrekiska (Modern Greek) · sk moderná gréčtina (Modern Greek) · ro neogreacă (Modern Greek) · nb nygresk (Modern Greek) · ka ახალბერძნული (Modern Greek) · de Neugriechisch (Modern Greek) · ka თანამედროვე ბერძნული (Modern Greek) · pt grego moderno (Modern Greek) · es griego moderno (Modern Greek) · ro greaca modernă (Modern Greek) · fr néo-grec (Modern Greek) · bg новогръ́цки (Modern Greek) · ru новогре́ческий (Modern Greek) · el νεοελληνικά (Modern Greek) · ja 現代ギリシア語 (Modern Greek)