The document discusses the history and development of the Greek language from its Indo-European roots to modern times. It notes that the ancient Greeks adopted the Phoenician alphabet and added vowels, creating a new language. It also discusses the influence of Greek on English and French vocabulary, providing examples of Greek-derived words. Finally, it briefly outlines the start of Modern Greek in 1453 and includes some Basque-Greek number translations.

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2. Long time ago in Europe and Asia
there lived a people, the Indo-
Europeans.
In the course of time, little by little, their
language was divided into the
languages ​​spoken today in Europe
and Asia. One of them is the Greek
language.
THE HISTORY OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE

3. THE ANCIENT GREEKS
The ancient greeks took their alphabet from a
people with which they had commercial
relations, the Phoenicians.
But the Phoenicians used only consonants,
so the Greeks added the vowels to the new
language.

4. THE’ INVASION’ OF FOREGN WORDS IN OUR VOCABULARY
There has been a lot of discussion about the use of foreign words in this
language.
More than 150,000 words in English, 180,000 words in French and
many more in other languages, have Greek roots
● On the next slide there is a sample of English and French words of
Greek origin.

5. ENGLISH WORDS:
- night: From ‘nichta’= νύχτα
- pain: From ‘ponos’= πόνος
- exist: From ‘existimi’ = εξίστημι
- heart: From kear= κέαρ
FRENCH WORDS:
- ecouter: From ‘akouo’= ακούω
- miel: From ‘meli’= μέλι
- escalier: From ‘scala= σκάλα
- eglise: From ‘ekklissia’= εκκλησία

6. MODERN GREEK LANGUAGE
Symbolically we can say that the
Modern Greek language started
to be spoken in 1453, in Greece
and Cyprus.

7. WORDS FROM BASQUE TO GREEK
1. In the first picture, one in Greek is spelled ÉVA, but pronounced ÉNA
1. In the second picture, two in Greek is spelled AÚO, but pronunced
DHÍO
1. In the third picture, three in Greek is spelled TPÍA, but pronunced TRÍA

8. MORE WORDS: