Doric Greek

Doric or Dorian (Ancient Greek: Δωρισμός, romanized: Dōrismós) was a Hellenic language. It was a dialect of Ancient Greek. It was spoken in Western Greece and some parts of Southern Italy and Sicily.[1]

Doric Greek
Δωρισμός
RegionPeloponnese, Crete, Rhodes, Sicily, Italy
Erac. 800–100 BC; changed into the Tsakonian language
Indo-European
  • Hellenic
    • Ancient Greek
      • Western
        • Doric Greek
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Linguist List
grc-dor
Glottologdori1248

References
  1. Buck, Carl Darling (1900). "The Source of the So-Called Achaean-Doric κοινη". American Journal of Philology. 21 (2): 193–196. doi:10.2307/287905. JSTOR 287905.
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