Greek language

Greek (ελληνικά, or ελληνική γλώσσα), an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, is the language of the Greeks. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. In its ancient form, it is the language of classical ancient Greek literature and the New Testament of the Christian Bible. In its modern form, it is the official language of Greece and Cyprus, and spoken by approximately 13 million people, including minority and emigrant communities in numerous parts of the world. Its written form uses the Greek aplphabet.

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Greek has been spoken in the Balkan Peninsula since around the late 3rd millennium BC. The earliest written evidence is found in the Linear B clay tablets in the "Room of the Chariot Tablets", an LMIII A-context (c. 1400 BC) region of Knossos, in Crete, making Greek one of the world's oldest recorded living languages. Among the Indo-European languages, its date of earliest attestation is matched only by the Anatolian languages.
The later Greek alphabet (unrelated to Linear B) is derived from the Phoenician alphabet; with minor modifications, it is still used today.

Greek alphabet
Αα	Alpha	Νν	Ni
Ββ	Bita	Ξξ	Xi
Γγ	Gamma	Οο	Omicron
Δδ	Delta	Ππ	Pi
Εε	Epsilon	Ρρ	Ro
Ζζ	Zita	Σσς	Sigma
Ηη	Ita	Ττ	Taf
Θθ	Thita	Υυ	Ipsilon
Ιι	Iota	Φφ	Phi
Κκ	Kappa	Χχ	Chi
Λλ	Lambda	Ψψ	Psi
Μμ	Mi	Ωω	Omega