Greece
Greece is a small country in southeastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. In ancient times, the Greek civilisation was one of the most prosperous in the Mediterranean world; the Greek language is one of the oldest-attested in the world, and Greek culture as well as the language influenced the Romans, who basically supplanted them as the great regional power.
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- : 💬 Hellenic languages: The Hellenic branch is one of nine still extant of the Indo-European languages; its principal member is Greek. It is …
- : 💬 Greek: Greek is one of the Indo-European languages and by far the largest and most prominent member of the Hellenic languages. …
- : 💬 Tsakonian: Tsakonian is a minority language of Greece, spoken by an estimated few hundred people, who are mostly elderly. It is …
- : 💬 Aromanian: Aromanian is an Eastern Romance language with roughly 250,000 speakers, largely in Greece and North Macedonia. It is …
- : 💬 pre-Greek substrate: Ancient Greek has an estimated 1,000+ words that don’t appear to be of Indo-European origin, and thus are believed …
- : 🐶 Loukanikos: Loukanikos was a street dog in Greece who joined picket lines, strikes, and countless demonstrations against austerity …
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