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Greek is a language spoken in Greece and Cyprus. It is recognised as a minority language in several neighbouring European countries and is common in Greek emigrant communities across the world including Australia. Around 10-15 million people speak Greek as their first language. It is an official language of the European union.
Greek has the longest documented history within the Indo-European family of languages.1
This page provides access to online courses, Greek/English/Greek dictionaries, cultural information, grammar, vocabulary activities, tutorials, Free and Fee-based software, other selected resources and general information.
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Greek Language Courses
- Greek Basic Course
Provided by the Foreign Services Institute. Downloadable PDF student text, plus downloadable mp3 tapes for audio presentations. Three Volumes with the student text and tapes. - Greek [BBC]
Home page for Greek including Talk Greek, a Beginner’s course, Quick Fix, Greek essential phrases, videos, Talk Greek worksheets and more. - Filoglossia, Greek for Beginners
Now 15 chapters. ‘Each chapter consists of dialogue, basic vocabulary, grammar, useful phrases. Each component is accompanied by a variety of exercises’. - Introduction to Modern Greek
Covers all of the basic essentials. - Learn Greek
Through Kypros.net then Blackboard.com. You enrol and gain access to 105 audio files about 15 min. each, plus notes, etc.. - Learn Greek Online
‘Multiple directories, grammar, more than 3 600 Greek words with audio, travel dialogues, tests, games and quizzes’. Fee-based. - Modern Greek
16 lessons. Letters, phrases, greetings, names, grammar areas. From Wikibooks. - Speak Greek Free Language Program
beginning and advanced lessons. Need to register to access the course. -
Yes Greek [Learn Greek Online]
Presently has six language lessons available plus a link to a Greek Dictionary.
Language Tools
Dictionaries
- Greek/Ancient Greek/English Dictionary
- Greek Dictionaries
Listing of dictionaries for Greek. - Free Greek Dictionary
‘Use our search to translate Greek to English and translate English to Greek. More Translation means there is more than one translation’. - Greek English Dictionary [Babylon]
‘English to Greek, Greek to English. Includes general vocabulary, expressions, idioms, technical terminologies’. - Translatum
English-Greek-English translation tool, links to other Greek Translation Goodies.
General Sites
- About the Greek Language
Introduction, alphabet, modern pronunciation, grammar, rules for accent marks, common expressions, concepts, wordlists, more. - Digital Dialects : Greek
‘Features Free to use online games for learning languages. Language resources include games for learning phrases, numbers, useful words, spelling, verb conjugation and alphabets. Games use Macromedia Flash Player’. - Greek Alphabet
Lists all letters in both cases, pronunciations, names. - Greek Alphabet [Omniglot]
Introduction, features, listings, pronunciation, audio, links, more. - Greek Language
History, distribution, characteristics across its history, writing system, references, links. From Wikipedia. - Greek Language [Britannica]
Article entry covering history, syllabaries, Ancient Greek, linguistic characteristics, Modern Greek. - Greek Language Games
‘Fun online games for learning Greek language’. - Greek Language Gateway
Entry point to resources for Greek language. - Learn Ancient Greek
‘Textkit’s entire collection of Ancient Greek textbooks. All books are available for full and Free download in PDF format’. Answer Keys, Composition textbooks, Lexicon, Latin Reading Texts, Grammar references, Textbooks. Check their Answers and their Forum. The Home Page tells what they are trying to achieve and how. - The ABCs of Greek
‘Learn the Greek alphabet’. In groups of 3. Very basic.
Grammar
- A Greek Grammar
for Colleges
Herbert Weir Smyth. Online version of his text. Perseus Library. - Greek Grammar Index
23 sections from Gender to More Adjectives. - Lexiscope
‘Amazing tool for verbs, nouns, or anything that can be declined or conjugated in Modern Greek’.
Other Resources
General Sites
- AusGreekNet
Links to Greek language and culture sites around the world, Greek language courses and centres in Australia, more. - Latin/Greek Language Resource Pages
- Little Greek
Resources, advice, dictionaries, fonts. - New South Wales HSC Online
Modern Greek. While for the HSC, it provides revision on all aspects of senior secondary Modern Greek. - Portal for The Greek Language
Centre for the Greek Language. 5 main sections from Ancient to Modern Greek. Available in Greek and English [click on flag at top right]. Virtually at tertiary level.
Podcasts, Blogs, Videos
- Learn Greek through Music
‘Learning the Greek language the easy way, by relating to topics in life and songs’. -
Learning Greek Podcasts
‘The Hellenic American Union presents a way to learn Modern Greek, fast and easy, by following the activities in the everyday lives of a group of young people in Greece’. 80 lessons available. - One Minute Greek
‘This course covers the absolute basics of Greek. The course introduces the listener to basic greetings, introductions, numbers, language problems and common words and phrases’.
Software specific to this language
- International Sideboard
‘This Firefox extension is meant for typing non-Latin characters. It displays list of characters sorted by languages’. - Linguaphone
Software for learning Greek. - Rosetta Stone, Greek
Online and hard copy software programs. - Talk Now : Learn Greek
[Primary] - Wordbase Greek
Shareware. Used either as a dictionary or a resource for skill development.
References
- 1. Greek language. [2009]. In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved January, 2010, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online : http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/244595/Greek-language