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Grekelin ([[w:Autoglossonym|Autoglossonym]]: ''A gnújza Grekelénikin'', pronounced: /a ˈɡnʊd͡ʒɑ grːɛkɛˈlɛnikin/, lit. "The Grekelin language") is a [[w:Hellenic languages|Hellenic]] language | Grekelin ([[w:Autoglossonym|Autoglossonym]]: ''A gnújza Grekelénikin'', pronounced: /a ˈɡnʊd͡ʒɑ grːɛkɛˈlɛnikin/, lit. "The Grekelin language") is a [[w:Hellenic languages|Hellenic]] language spoken in Vojvodina, southern Hungary and small parts of Slovakia. Grekelin split from [[w:Medieval Greek|Medieval Greek]] around the 11th century with the mass settlement of Hungary by Greek refugees, and has since then split for more than 10 centuries from (Demotic) Greek. For the largest part of its existence, Grekelin was mostly a spoken language, and the language began being systematically written down around the 19th century (Where it gained it's modern orthography). Due to its low prestige, most of its educated speakers preferred writing in Koine, Latin or Hungarian and few texts were written until then in Grekelin, most of which used the Greek script instead (See [[Proto-Grekelin]]). | ||
As a related language to Greek, Grekelin shares with Greek multiple features and cognates although it remains more conservative than Standard Greek. However the language has become an SOV one (As opposed to most Indo-European languages which are SVO) due to extensive Hungarian influence. It's vocabulary has almost mostly remained Greek however Hungarian words can be found often in the language. Grekelin is the most isolated Hellenic language currently in the entire world, with about 1200 kilometers of language seperation. | As a related language to Greek, Grekelin shares with Greek multiple features and cognates although it remains more conservative than Standard Greek. However the language has become an SOV one (As opposed to most Indo-European languages which are SVO) due to extensive Hungarian influence. It's vocabulary has almost mostly remained Greek however Hungarian words can be found often in the language, due to the strong adstratum formed by Hungarian (Though, due to geography, the Slavic dialect got its name from its stronger Slavic influence). Grekelin is the most isolated Hellenic language currently in the entire world, with about 1200 kilometers of language seperation. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||