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Candidates of the Examination for the Certificate of Attainment in Modern Greek of the Centre for the Greek Language, Hellenic Ministry of Education, are examined at four levels of Greek language competency (Α', Β', Γ', Δ'). The levels fully correspond to four levels of the Common Reference Levels of the Council of Europe.
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Greek is the official language of the Hellenic Republic (Greece) where it is spoken by about 98.5% of the population. It is ... alongside Turkish, the official language of the Republic of Cyprus.
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The New Testament was originally written in Koine (Common) Greek (except for some scattered phrases in Aramaic), and Koine Greek was ... the liturgical language of Eastern Christianity. The New Testament writers often quoted from the Septuagint, which is a Koine Greek translation of the Old Testament.
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Transparent Language has dedicated this part of the site to the Greek language. Whether you're learning Greek just because you want to or because you need it for travel, business, or school, you'll find something useful here. Everybody from beginners who're just starting to learn Greek to more advanced students who've been studying Greek for a while can have fun reading the language overview, listening to the conversational Greek phrases in our Greek Resources section, and using our free Greek flash card program.
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The General Secretariat of Greeks Abroad is organizing again this year in Greece the “Program of Greek Language and Culture” for 130 youths (ages of 18 to 25) of the Greek Diaspora from Oceania, Latin America and South Africa. The program will take effect from 6 January 2008 until 27 January 2008 (21 days in total).
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Attic Greek - a subdialect of Ionic, was for centuries the language of Athens. Most surviving classical Greek literature appears in Attic Greek, including the extant texts of Plato and Aristotle, which were passed down in written form from classical times.
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