Attic Greek

ancient Greek dialect

Key facts

Region: Attica , Macedon , and a number of the Aegean Islands
Era: c. 500–300 BC; evolved into Koine
Language family: Indo-European Hellenic Greek Attic– Ionic Attic Greek
Early form: Proto-Greek
Writing system: Greek alphabet , Old Attic alphabet
Iso 639 3: –
Linguist list: grc-att
Glottolog: atti1240

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Distribution of Greek dialects in Magna Graecia (Southern Italy and Sicily) in the classical period.

Attic Greek is the Greek dialect of the ancient region of Attica, including the polis of Athens. Often called Classical Greek, it was the prestige dialect of the Greek world for centuries and remains the standard form of the language that is taught to students of Ancient Greek. As the basis of the Hellenistic Koine, it is the most similar of the ancient dialects to later Greek. Attic is traditionally classified as a member or sister dialect of the Ionic branch.