
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European language family native to the southern Balkan Peninsula. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries. In its ancient form, it is the language of classical Ancient Greek literature and the New Testament of the Christian Bible. Its written form uses the Greek alphabet. The ancient languages which were probably most closely related to it, ancient Macedonian and Phrygian, are not well enough documented...
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