About the Greek Language

Greek is the language spoken by around 10 million people in Greece, and 700,000 people in Cyprus. What follows is a set of pages on the Greek language, both Classic and Modern (with an emphasis on the latter), written by the author. They should be useful both as a reference, and as a learning guide. It is assumed that the reader, or learner, is already familiar with English. Currently, the following topics are included:

Alphabet, with notes on pronunciation, phonology, and orthography.
Details of modern pronunciation, where knowledge of the alphabet is not enough to derive the correct pronunciation.
Grammar: syntax, and parts of speech. Learn about nouns, verbs, numbers, and more.
Rules for placing the accent marks in writing to denote stress.
Common expressions, with pronunciation (Modern Greek only).
Phrases, sentences, and short paragraphs, with vocabulary and pronunciation (Modern Greek only).
Thematical groups of concepts (colors, days of the week, months, countries, people, and more; Modern Greek only).
Word-lists, Modern Greek to English, and English to Modern Greek.