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"Greek
(ελληνική γλώσσα
IPA:
[eliniˈci ˈɣlosa] or
ελληνικά
IPA:
[eliniˈka] —
"Hellenic") is an
Indo-European language
with a documented history of 3,500 years, the longest of any single
language in that
language family. It is
also one of the earliest attested Indo-European languages, with
fragmentary records in
Mycenaean dating back to
the 15th or 14th century BC, matched only by the
Anatolian languages and
Vedic Sanskrit. Today, it
is spoken by approximately 15–25 million people
"
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Wikipedia. |