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 It is like καθαρεύουσα that used to be used in Gr but was repealed also around that time.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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Replying to @AngelosVanKr
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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Replying to @o_guest @AngelosVanKr
Koine won over BOTH Demotic and Katharevousa.
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Replying to @o_guest @AngelosVanKr
Cypriot Greek is not centrally controlled like Modern (aka Koine).
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Replying to @o_guest @AngelosVanKr
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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Replying to @o_guest @AngelosVanKr
alphabet and we ALL learn Modern Greek at school. Our own lang is banned at school.
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Replying to @AngelosVanKr
It's just colonialism. BTW fun fact did you know the civil war Demotic VS Katharevousa was only war ever fought over language?
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Replying to @o_guest
No, did not know this as well (Learning so much tonight :) )
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I have read this article, it's so SO so long: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language_question …
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Replying to @o_guest @AngelosVanKr
is this because you didn't go to school in Greece? Did you grow up in Oz?
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I think pretty much every person raised in Greece and (Greek-speaking) Cyprus knows this as it's drilled into them.
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