Greece
Archaeology
The Unique Eccentricities of the Modern Greek Language
The Greek language hosts an incredibly diverse and rich linguistic history, with its roots stretching back thousands of years.
As one of the world's oldest languages still spoken, Greek has evolved over the centuries quite significantly. However, Modern Greek grammar...
Ancient Greece
The History of the Greek Language Throughout Time
Among the world's 2,700 languages, Greek stands out for its centuries-long, unique and continuous path. If we also consider the influence it exerted—both in terms of formation and content—on European as well as other languages, Greek is, without exaggeration,...
Greece
Countries With Names Derived From the Greek Language
Surprisingly, the names of countless countries around the world come from words found in the Greek language, attesting to the influence of Greek.
Greece
How the Greek Language Was Preserved by Orthodox Martyrs During Ottoman Rule
The Greek language survived almost 400 years of Ottoman rule due to the Greek Orthodox Church, which protected and taught the language.
Culture
The Greek Language is Not Dying; It’s Merely Changing
Is the Greek language, one of the most ancient languages in history of mankind, dying due to an avalanche of foreign words being introduced?
Culture
The Magic of the Greek Language — in a Spanish Song
Greek is used in every language throughout the world. This Spanish oldie by an Argentinian musical group called Apurimac, featuring Greek singer Elli Paspala, is living proof that there indeed are thousands of Greek words in every language.
Apurimac created...
Culture
The Greek Language is the Greatest Ambassador of Hellenism
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With over 3,400 years of documented history, the Greek language has heavily influenced all other western languages.
By Ada Leivada
Whenever Greece faces challenges to its public image, such as it recently did during last decade’s devastating financial crisis, its greatest...
Education
Young Refugee Teaches Greek Language to Kids Worldwide
A young Palestinian refugee on the Greek island of Leros has set up a page called “Learn Greek” on social media to teach the language.
Australia
World Greek Language Day Celebrated Around the Globe
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, along with religious leaders and students of the Greek language, praised the mother tongue of the Greek people on Tuesday, the commemoration of World Greek Language Day.
"Greek is the language of Homer and Aristotle,"...
Education
PM Invites Young Greek Language Students to Visit Greece in Summer 2021
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis invited dozens of Greek school children from all over the world as well as children of different nationalities learning the Greek language to visit the country in the Summer of 2021 during a Monday teleconference.
The...
Education
Why I Love the Summer Greek Language Camp
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By Ada Leivada
The following is the story of Dimitris, a Greek-American teenager and student of Greek Lessons OnLine, who shares his experience of the time he spent in Greece at the school's summer camp. Unlike other boys of his...
Education
Seven Great Reasons to Learn the Greek Language
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By Ada Leivada
More and more studies that praise the health benefits of studying a second language are published everyday. Recently, the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology published a study proving that bilingual children perform much better on tasks that...
Education
February 9 is International Greek Language Day
Following years of efforts and campaigning by academics, teachers and Greek people around the world, the ninth of February was officially declared International Greek Language Day in 2017.
The date of February 9 was selected because it is also the...
Cyprus
Cyprus Open University Offers Distance Greek Language Study
With the new online program ‘Learning the Greek Language’, the Open University of Cyprus (OUC), in its capacity as a institution of education and culture, will be able to promote Hellenism around the world by using the new technology...
Culture
February 9: International Greek Language Day
After years of campaigning by academics, educators and Greeks of the diaspora, Feb. 9 has officially been declared International Greek Language Day.
Starting in 2018, the day is expected to spark off initiatives to help spread Greek language and culture...