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ISO 639-3 · grcgrc
Indo-European family · extinct or historical language
Ancient Greek
Ἀρχαία Ἑλληνική
Ancient Greek is an extinct or historical language of the Hellenic branch (Indo-European). Wikidata describes it as “forms of Greek used from around the 9th century BCE to the 6th century CE”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
grc- Glottocode
anci1242- Family
- Indo-European
- Wikipedia
- 157 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
—countries
2scripts
2levels in the tree
9EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Ancient Greek · Ἀρχαία Ἑλληνική |
|---|---|
| Also called | Old Greek, Old Greek language, Ancient Greek language |
| Written in | Greek alphabet, Linear B |
| Grammatical cases | 5 listed in Wikidata |
| Grammatical genders | 3 listed in Wikidata |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
EGIDS 9 Second language only9
Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Ancient Greek
The branches above Ancient Greek, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Distribution map
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
