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Language code: gre

Technical information about ISO 639 language code gre

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

Code

gre (Bibliographic)

Name

Official

Modern Greek (1453-)

Native

Ελληνικά

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Standard (Demotic) GreekNorthern GreekSouthern GreekCretan GreekCypriot GreekPontic GreekCappadocian GreekItaliot (Griko)Yevanic (Judeo-Greek)
Related languages
Ancient GreekKoine GreekTsakonianPontic GreekCappadocian Greek
Key facts
Uses the Greek alphabet, which has been in continuous use for over 2,700 yearsHas a phonemic stress accent that must be marked in writing (monotonic system since 1982)Possesses five core vowel phonemes but over a dozen written vowel spellings due to historical sound changesRetains four grammatical cases (nominative, genitive, accusative, vocative) despite overall simplification from Ancient GreekHas contributed thousands of lexical borrowings to global scientific and technical terminology.
Sample phrase

Γεια σου, τι κάνεις;

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 gre, 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: gre for bibliographic purposes and ell for terminology uses.

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