Greek
Greek is one of 99 world languages in the LEXOS registry, belonging to the Indo-European language family. Every word or phrase can be analysed across 6 linguistic levels: phonetics → phonology → morphology → syntax → semantics → pragmatics.
Hellenic branch of Indo-European, its own distinct branch; the Greek alphabet is the historical source script for both the Latin and Cyrillic alphabets. One of the longest continuously documented Indo-European languages, attested for roughly 3,400 years.
6 Levels of Analysis for Greek
Other Indo-European languages
Frequently asked about Greek
What language family does Greek belong to?
Indo-European.
At which levels can I analyse Greek?
Six levels: Phonetics (speech sounds, IPA), Phonology (phonemes and sound patterns), Morphology (word structure), Syntax (phrases and sentence structure), Semantics (literal meaning), Pragmatics (meaning in context).
Is Greek one of the most spoken world languages?
Yes — LEXOS catalogues the 99 most-spoken / most-commercially-relevant world languages, covering every major language family and every continent.