Demotic Greek (Greek:δημοτική [γλώσσα][ðimotiˈci], "[language] of the people") or dimotiki is the modernvernacular form of the Greek language. The term has been in use since 1818.Demotic refers particularly to the form of the language that evolved naturally from Ancient Greek, in opposition to the artificially archaic Katharevousa, which was the official standard until 1976. The two complemented each other in a typical example of diglossia until the resolution of the Greek language question in favour of Demotic.
Basic features of Demotic
Demotic Greek differs from varieties of Ancient Greek and learned forms inherited from the same in several important ways. Syntactically, it favors parataxis over subordination. It also heavily employs redundancy, such as μικρό κοριτσάκι (small little child) and ξανακοιμήθηκε πάλι (he went back to sleep again). Somewhat in connexion with this, Demotic employs the diminutive with great frequency, to the point that many Demotic forms are in effect neuter diminutives of ancient words, especially irregular ones, e.g. νήσι(ον) (island) from ancient ἡ νήσος (island, an irregular noun that had feminine gender but masculine declension).
In the case of the Indus script, scholars have struggled to solve many of these subproblems. This is due to three main factors. No multilingual inscriptions ...Greek, demotic (a later ancient Egyptian script), and hieroglyphics ... Language not known ... .
The back cover described the 1967 album as a “colorful blend of demotic Greek songs with a modern sound and tempo.” And it was just that, with “Vasilikos tha Gino” performed on an electric guitar with ...
Tom Little/Reuters via CNN Newsource... one in hieroglyphic script, one in Egyptian Demotic script and one in AncientGreek ... The scrolls were written in Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic, which expanded scholars’ understanding of the latter ancient language ... .
Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphics, and Egyptian demotic, which ... “This decree shall be inscribed on a stela of hard stone in sacred [that is hieroglyphic] and native [that is demotic] and Greek characters…”.
... to a true believer, in a demotic Republican Party that reflects the cultural discontents and economic grievances of a working-class majority -- "demotic" comes from the same Greek root as "democracy."
Vance is a convert, from a 2016 scoffer at Trumpism to a true believer, in a demotic Republican Party that reflects the cultural discontents and economic grievances of a working-class majority — ...
Plato wrote his works using the Attic Greek dialect ... This was another element that survived through the centuries and reached modern Greek all the way to the 20th century before it was dropped again after the adoption of the demotic in 1976.
On the other hand were those who championed the contemporary circumstances of the modern Greek people, represented by the vernacular Demotic Greek language ... The Demotic version of the Greek language ...
The text appears in hieroglyphs, fitting for a priestly decree; Demotic, the cursive script used in daily life; and AncientGreek, the administrative language during the Greco-Macedonian rule following Alexander the Great‘s conquest.
Antiquities stores were built of mudbrick in the past, Hawass explained, making it easy to enter these stores and steal antiquities ... The decree is written in three languages – ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, Demotic script, and Greek ... ....
The inscription also contains a text in the demotic script with more or less the same content ... and another written in the Egyptian demotic script ... However, they were written in either demotic or Greek.
The Greek language has ancient origins ... It acts as a bridge between the Koine Greek of the Hellenistic and Roman times with the vernacular version of the modern era, also known as “demotic,” the language of the people.
