Concept information
Preferred term
Type
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language
Definition
- Modern Greek ( or , "Neo-Hellenic", historically and colloquially, also known as , "Romaic" or "Roman") refers to the varieties of the Greek language spoken in the modern era. The beginning of the "modern" period of the language is often symbolically assigned to the fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1453, even though that date marks no clear linguistic boundary and many characteristic modern features of the language had been present centuries earlier - from the fourth to the fifteenth century AD. During most of the period, the language existed in a situation of diglossia (due in part to the dark ages), with regional spoken dialects existing side by side with learned, archaic written forms. Most notably, during much of the 19th and 20th centuries, it was known in the competing varieties of popular Demotic and learned Katharevousa. Today, standard modern Greek, based on Demotic, is the official language of both Greece and Cyprus. Greek is spoken today by approximately 12-15 million people, mainly in Greece and Cyprus, but also by minority and immigrant communities in many other countries.
Entry terms
- Greek, Modern (1453-)
- Modern Greek
- Modern Greek (1453-)
ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code
- gre
ISO 639-2 Terminological code
- ell
ISO 639-1 code
- el
ISO 639-3 code
- ell
In other languages
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Grieks
Afrikaans
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Gɨ̀lêʔ
Aghem
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Greek kasa
Akan
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Greqisht
Albanian
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ግሪክኛ
Amharic
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اليونانية
Arabic
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Հունարեն
Armenian
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griegu
Asturian
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Kigiriki
Asu
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yunanca
Azerbaijani
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rigrɛ́k
Bafia
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gɛrɛsikan
Bambara
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গ্রিক
Bangla
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Hɔp u gri ᷇kyà
Basaa
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greziera
Basque
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грэцкая
Belarusian
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Ichi Griki
Bemba
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Higiriki
Bena
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ግሪክኛ
Blin
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ग्रीक
Bodo
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грчки
Bosnian
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gresianeg
Breton
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гръцки
Bulgarian
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ဂရိ
Burmese
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grec
Catalan
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Grec demòtic
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Tayunanit
Central Atlas Tamazight
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Oruguriiki
Chiga
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Jriischesch
Colognian
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grčki
Croatian
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Novogrčki jezik
-
řečtina
Czech
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Novořečtina
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græsk
Danish
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Nygræsk
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Grieks
Dutch
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Nieuwgrieks
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གྲིཀ་ཁ
Dzongkha
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Kĩngriki
Embu
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greka
Esperanto
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kreeka
Estonian
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grisigbe
Ewe
-
Ǹkɔ́bɔ gəlɛ́g
Ewondo
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grikiskt
Faroese
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Nýgrikskt mál
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Griyego
Filipino
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Finnish
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grec
French
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Grec moderne
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grec moderne (après 1453)
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grêc
Friulian
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Gerke
Fulah
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grego
Galician
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Grego moderno
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Lugereeki/Luyonaani
Ganda
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ბერძნული
Georgian
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Griechisch
German
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Neugriechische Sprache
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Ελληνικά
Greek
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Νέα ελληνική γλώσσα
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ગ્રીક
Gujarati
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Kigiriki
Gusii
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Girkanci
Hausa
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Helene
Hawaiian
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יוונית
Hebrew
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יוונית מודרנית
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ग्रीक
Hindi
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आधुनिक यूनानी भाषा
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görög
Hungarian
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gríska
Icelandic
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Giriikị
Igbo
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Yunani
Indonesian
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greco
Interlingua
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Gréigis
Irish
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greco
Italian
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Lingua greca moderna
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ギリシャ語
Japanese
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greek
Jola-Fonyi
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gregu
Kabuverdianu
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Tagrikit
Kabyle
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Tayunanit
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kutitab Greece
Kalenjin
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Kigiriki
Kamba
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ಗ್ರೀಕ್
Kannada
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یوٗنٲنی
Kashmiri
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грек
Kazakh
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ក្រិច
Khmer
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Kigiriki
Kikuyu
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Ikigereki
Kinyarwanda
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그리스어
Korean
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Grek senni
Koyraboro Senni
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Grek senni
Koyra Chiini
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Kiɛl bó grɛk
Kwasio
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грекче
Kyrgyz
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Kɨgiríki
Langi
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ກເຣັກ
Lao
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Lingua Neograeca
Latin
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grieķu
Latvian
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Jaungrieķu valoda
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ligeleki
Lingala
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graikų
Lithuanian
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Neegreeksche Spraak
Low German
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Giliki
Luba-Katanga
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Kigiriki
Luo
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Kigiriki
Luyia
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грчки
Macedonian
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Kyigiriki
Machame
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Igiriki
Makhuwa-Meetto
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Chigilichi
Makonde
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Grika
Malagasy
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ഗ്രീക്ക്
Malayalam
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Grieg
Maltese
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ग्रीक
Marathi
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nkʉtʉ́k ɔ́ɔ̄ lgiriki
Masai
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Kĩngiriki
Meru
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grek
Morisyen
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grek
Mundang
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Xriks
Nama
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ग्रीक
Nepali
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Ŋɡɛlɛ̂k
Ngomba
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greikkagiella
Northern Sami
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isi-Giliki
North Ndebele
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Nygresk
Norwegian
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gresk
Norwegian Bokmål
-
gresk
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Thok girikni
Nuer
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Oruguriiki
Nyankole
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ଗ୍ରୀକ୍
Odia
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Afaan Giriiki
Oromo
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бердзейнаг
Ossetic
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یوناني
Pashto
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یونانی
Persian
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grecki
Polish
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Język nowogrecki
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grego
Portuguese
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Grego moderno
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greacă
Romanian
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Limba greacă modernă
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grec
Romansh
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Kigiriki
Rombo
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Ikigereki
Rundi
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греческий
Russian
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Kyigiriki
Rwa
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Гириэктии
Sakha
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Kigiriki
Samburu
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Gerêki
Sango
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Ishigiliki
Sangu
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Greugais
Scottish Gaelic
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grego
Sena
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Грчки
Serbian
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Kigiiki
Shambala
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chiGreek
Shona
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Lingua greca muderna
Sicilian
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ග්රීක
Sinhala
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gréčtina
Slovak
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Novogréčtina
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grščina
Slovenian
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Oluyonaani
Soga
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Giriik
Somali
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Se-greek
Southern Sotho
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griego
Spanish
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Griego moderno
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Swedish
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Nygrekiska
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Griechisch
Swiss German
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tagrigit
Tachelhit
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Kigiriki
Taita
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Юнонӣ
Tajik
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கிரேக்கம்
Tamil
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Grek senni
Tasawaq
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గ్రీక్
Telugu
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Kigiriki
Teso
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กรีก
Thai
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ግሪክኛ
Tigre
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ግሪከኛ
Tigrinya
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lea fakakalisi
Tongan
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Xi Giriki
Tsonga
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SeGerika
Tswana
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Yunanca
Turkish
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грецька
Ukrainian
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Новогрецька мова
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یونانی
Urdu
-
Hɛlɛŋ
Vai
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Tiếng Hy Lạp
Vietnamese
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Kyigiriki
Vunjo
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Gričiš
Walser
-
Groeg
Welsh
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Isi-Greek
Xhosa
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yavánɛ
Yangben
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Èdè Giriki
Yoruba
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Grek senni
Zarma
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isi-Greek
Zulu