Greek language:

See P. S. Costas, An Outline of the History of the Greek Language (1936); E. H. Sturtevant, The Pronunciation of Greek and Latin (2d ed. 1940); O. Eleftheriades, Modern Greek: A Contemporary Grammar (1985).

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Ancient Greek
• Modern Greek
• Distinctive Characteristics
• Bibliography

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