Greek, the oldest written language still in use, has shaped culture, philosophy, and science for over 3,700 years.

Greece is being urged to grant more recognition to its minority languages -- Vlach, Macedonian, Albanian, Turkish, and a version of Bulgarian called Pomak. At present, only Turkish is recognized. Now ...

If you’ve ever been to a traditional Greek celebration, you will have seen people joining hands and dancing in a circle following the same steps to the accompaniment of live music. You will also have ...

A new data crowdsourcing platform aims to preserve the sound of Romeyka, an endangered millennia-old variety of Greek. Experts consider the language to be a linguistic goldmine and a living bridge to ...

Although it is officially considered a dialect, Tsakonian is a divergent variety of Greek frequently classified as a separate language, as it is not intelligible to speakers of standard Modern Greek.

Approaching the non-formal education centre on Chios island, you can hear the lively voices of the students trying to guess the hidden word in the language game on the blackboard. These are not ...

For the first time ever in Greece, an official Macedonian language centre will deliver online courses in Macedonian in Greece and advocate for the linguistic rights of the country's Macedonian ...

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A new data crowdsourcing platform aims to preserve the sound of Romeyka, an endangered millennia-old variety of Greek. Experts consider the language to be a linguistic goldmine and a living bridge to ...