I look some words up sometimes or ask Cypriot (or Greek) academics the words. Like cognitive science is γνωσιακή επιστήμη.
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I see now. It is like καθαρεύουσα that used to be used in Gr but was repealed also around that time. Thought was still used in Cyp
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No, we're talking about the same thing. Katharevousa VS Demotic created Koine (aka Modern Greek). I wasn't speaking about Cyp.
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100% mistyped when I said Demotic won over Koine.
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Koine won over BOTH Demotic and Katharevousa.
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Cypriot Greek is not centrally controlled like Modern (aka Koine).
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Cypriot Greek def has elements from Katharevousa too. So you are picking up on stuff. But you have to bear in mind we have no
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alphabet and we ALL learn Modern Greek at school. Our own lang is banned at school.
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Did not know that. It is weird, right?
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