Greek
Let an agent describe the Greek language and its history and varieties, support learning and translation, explain status and regulation, and provide sourced information on dialects and diaspora.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Learn Learning Greek.
Start
Getting started.
Start
Getting started.
- How can someone start learning Modern Greek, and which resources exist? action
- What are its main grammatical features? definition
Script
Alphabet and Greeklish.
Script
Script.
- How is the Greek alphabet used and pronounced today, and what is Greeklish? provenance
- Which transliteration standards apply? provenance
Use Translation and varieties.
Translate
Translation.
Translate
Translation.
- How should this text be translated into or from Greek, with attention to register and to Ancient versus Modern forms? action
- Which dictionaries are authoritative? provenance
Varieties
Dialects and diaspora.
Varieties
Varieties.
- What are Cypriot, Pontic, Italiot, Cargese and other Greek varieties, and where are they spoken? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific variety? action
Status Status and policy.
Official
Official status.
Official
Status.
- What is the legal status of Greek in Greece, Cyprus, the EU and countries with Greek minorities? provenance
- How is the language regulated and taught? provenance
Question
The language question.
Question
Language question.
- What was the Greek language question between demotic and katharevousa, and how was it resolved? provenance
- Are positions attributed neutrally? boundary
History History and literature.
History
History of Greek.
History
History.
- How did Greek develop from Mycenaean through Ancient, Koine and Byzantine Greek to Modern Greek? provenance
- Which texts are landmarks? provenance
Literature
Literature.
Literature
Literature.
- What are the major works of Greek literature across periods? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific work? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Modern Greek, Greek language in Turkey, Greek language in the United Kingdom, Greeklish, Cargese Greek, Italiot Greek, Cypriot Greek, Varieties of Modern Greek, Demotic Greek, Katharevousa, Cretan Greek, Sarakatsanika
What it is Filled
An Indo-European language of the Hellenic branch spoken by about thirteen million people, the official language of Greece and Cyprus, with a documented history of over three thousand years from Mycenaean and Ancient Greek through Koine and Byzantine Greek to Modern Greek, written in the Greek alphabet and with dialects and diaspora varieties such as Italiot Greek, Cargese Greek and Greek in Turkey, and informal Latin-script writing known as Greeklish.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent describe the Greek language and its history and varieties, support learning and translation, explain status and regulation, and provide sourced information on dialects and diaspora.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Long documented history
- Own alphabet
- Official in Greece and Cyprus
- Diaspora varieties
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Treat Ancient and Modern Greek as interchangeable in translation.
- Deliver unchecked machine translation for legal, medical or official documents.
- Mock dialect speakers, such as Cypriot or Pontic Greek speakers.
- Transliterate names in a way that misidentifies a person.
Only with a human decision
- Certified or official translation of documents.
May
- Translate to and from Greek and state whether Modern or Ancient Greek is meant.
- Describe the language, its history and dialects from linguistic sources.
Moral aspects Filled
- Greek carries national and religious identity for its speakers.
- Poor translations can cost people access to services and justice.
Who is affected
- Greek speakers
- People relying on translations
- Students of the language
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns it; it belongs to its speakers.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q2042538 - registry parent class
- Q85380120 - registry parent class
related
- Hellenic - category
- Greeks - the people
- alphabet - the Greek alphabet
- Bulgarian - another language entry
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.greek
- Wikidata: Q9129 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9129)
- ISO 639-1: el language code
- ISO 639-3: ell Modern Greek code
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Hellenic Indo-European language
- Greek alphabet
- Ancient and Modern Greek are stages of the same language
- Not physical; spoken and written language in the Greek alphabet.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- describe the language and its history
- support learning and translation
- explain status and standards
- describe dialects and diaspora varieties
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing Ancient and Modern Greek
- Overgeneralising dialects
- Machine translation errors with register
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Greek and Cypriot language policy
- EU official language status
- Minority language provisions elsewhere
Context of use required Filled
- The Hellenic language.
- Standard Modern Greek
- Cypriot Greek
- Pontic and Cappadocian Greek
- Italiot and other diaspora varieties
- historical stages such as Ancient, Koine and Byzantine Greek
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q9129: Greek - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Greek language - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should Ancient Greek be a separate entry?
- How should dictionaries be linked?
- How should diaspora varieties be documented?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q9129/spec.json