You may remember a line in the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding when the character Gus Portokalos boasts to someone, "Say any word, and I'll tell you how the root of that word is Greek." This assertion ...

Byzantine Greek language, an archaic style of Greek that served as the language of administration and of most writing during the period of the Byzantine, or Eastern Roman, Empire until the fall of ...

The Embassy of Greece in China hosted an online conference on "The teaching of Greek language in China- Achievements and Prospects." The Ambassador of Greece in China Evgenios Kalpyris, embassy ...

Romeyka, a relative of the Modern Greek language, has a shrinking population of speakers in Turkey, but a helping hand from scholars and the general public may help it survive. Thousands of languages ...

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.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, in collaboration with the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy of the ...

Staellinika, the official Greek language platform for Greeks abroad, is proud to announce a new era of its platform coming this spring which will include enhanced content and cutting-edge AI features.

Like most children of immigrants, I grew up speaking a half-and-half combination of languages. My Dad was the only immigrant in his family to become fluent in English; aside from him, I had an ...

"Pharos now shines a light for the MGTAV to further support Greek teaching and learning". A study of the vitality and the presence of Modern Greek in contemporary Australia commissioned by the Modern ...

Archive photo shows a sculpture of the ancient Greek goddess Aphrodite on display at the Haus der Kunst in Munich. Photo: DPA German speakers probably know more Greek than they think. Here's a run ...

In the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, fictional Greek-American small business owner Gus Portokalos repeatedly issues a bold linguistic challenge: “Give me a word—any word—and I’ll show you how the ...