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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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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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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is this because you didn't go to school in Greece? Did you grow up in Oz?
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I left Oz when I was 2.5. I am Greek, and Greek is my native lang. It is just that I am not good at it after not practicing it.
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ahhh I might be talking shit and it's me that knows this stuff from reading obsessively
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I think most Greeks below 35-40 now like the general story -- unless they studied language. But this is what I feel, not any data:)
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but yeah I don't know that much just have interest
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