KATHAREVOUSA

Etymology

Proper noun

Katharevousa

A learned, archaising form of Modern Greek, the artificial Greek language based on Classical Greek, used for formal and official purposes, primarily written but not used for conversation. Legally displaced in Greece in 1976 by Demotic Greek.

Hypernyms

• Modern Greek

• New Greek

Coordinate terms

(Coordinate terms):

• Classical Greek

• Demotic Greek

• Ancient Greek

• Koine

Source: Wiktionary



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