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Language code: ell

Technical information about ISO 639 language code ell

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The table below provides technical details for the Modern Greek (1453-) language, designated by the ell code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

ell (Terminology)

Name

Official

Modern Greek (1453-)

Native

Ελληνικά

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Standard Demotic GreekCypriot GreekPontic GreekCappadocian GreekCretan GreekTsakonianItaliot (Griko) GreekYevanic (Judeo-Greek)
Related languages
Ancient (Classical) GreekKoine GreekMycenaean Greek
Key facts
Modern Greek officially adopted a monotonic accent system in 1982It preserves an independent middle voice alongside active and passiveEnclitic object pronouns can attach to verbs, nouns or particles, shifting the word’s stressThousands of international scientific and technical terms derive from Greek roots used todayThe 24-letter Greek alphabet has kept the same order for more than 2,500 years
Sample phrase

Γεια σου, πώς είσαι;

Character encodings

ISO 8859-7, Windows 1253, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Modern Greek (1453-) language, identified by the code ell, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

The ISO 639-2 standard offers two codes for the Modern Greek (1453-) language: ell for terminology purposes and gre for bibliographic uses.

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