The Greek language After these general assumptions and estimates I now come to the Greek language, their historical appearance and their contribution to Statement basic concepts of European culture through the influence that the Greek thought had applied to the development of European culture. The Greek language - to begin with some historical information - is spoken in Greece for about four (4) year thousands without interruption. It was spoken at least for two thousand (2000) BC and written since the fifteenth (15th) century BC (and in the Linear B texts - writing). From the eighth (8th) Century BC to the present day the Greek alphabet is used, the first truly alphabetic writing, their use began Homer and the first Greek inscriptions with the epics. The Greek alphabet of Chalkis (the western alphabet) was brought by colonization by Magna Graecia, ie to Italy, where he developed the Latin alphabet later. In the ninth (9th) century AD (in the Byzantine period) arose in the course of the Christianization of the Slavs by Greek monks Cyril and Methodius on the basis of the Greek alphabet, the Cyrillic alphabet, which is also still used in the Slavic languages. Three thousand five hundred (3,500) years writing and at least four thousand (4,000) Net oral tradition have the Greek language cultured, and so is the Greek - as far as I know - the only language in the world since ancient times to the present day by the same people in the same geographic room with the same basic structure (grammar - syntax) is used. The vocabulary has been developed and changed and renewed over the centuries, but by various historical events (the Attic tradition and a return to the roots of the ancient language) preserved the Greek language and develop their native structure and basic vocabulary today.
Posted on: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 22:19:00 +0000
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