Medieval Greek

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Medieval Greek (also known as Middle Greek or Byzantine Greek) is the stage of the Greek language. It was spoken from 330 to 1453, mostly in the Byzantine Empire.

Medieval Greek
Byzantine Greek
Ἑλληνική Ellinikí
Region	eastern Mediterranean (Byzantine Empire)
Era	330/395 AD – c.1500 AD; developed into Modern Greek[1]
Language family	Indo-European Hellenic Greek Attic-Ionic Koine Greek Medieval Greek
Writing system	Greek alphabet
Official status
Official language in	Byzantine Empire
Language codes
ISO 639-2	grc
ISO 639-3	grc (i.e. with Ancient Greek[2])
Linguist List	qgk
Glottolog	None
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