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===Alphabet=== | ===Alphabet=== | ||
After the defeat against the Persians almost all of the Greek population fled towards Roman territory | After the defeat against the Persians almost all of the Greek population fled towards Roman territory; Rome tripled its population and was Hellenized. During their living together Greeks and Romans used mainly the '''Greek language''' to communicate, whereas the ''Latin language'' became a secondary and socially lower language, spoken mainly by common people. Nevertheless - almost incomprehensibly - the Greeks adopted the '''Latin alphabet''', maybe trying to be understood even by the lower social classes. | ||
As we are talking about the modern language, we don't consider the first versions of the alphabet that were used in ancient times. The alphabet of Brytho-Hellenic contains 24 letters: | As we are talking about the modern language, we don't consider the first versions of the alphabet that were used in ancient times. The alphabet of Brytho-Hellenic contains 24 letters: | ||
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===Consonantal phonemes=== | ===Consonantal phonemes=== | ||
Brytho-Hellenic has the following | Brytho-Hellenic has the following consonant phonemes: | ||
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===Vocalic phonemes=== | ===Vocalic phonemes=== | ||
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[[Category:Languages]] | [[Category:Languages]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Languages]][[Category:Indo-European languages]][[Category:Hellenic languages]] | ||