Grieks

 

 

 

Daar bestaan baie teorieë oor die oorsprong van die Griekse taal. Een teorie stel voor dat dit ontstaan het met die migrasie van proto-Griekse sprekers na Griekeland, wat in enige periode tussen 3200 v.C. tot 1900 v.C. gebeur het. 'n Ander teorie handhaaf dat Grieks in Griekeland self ontwikkel het vanuit 'n vorige Indo-Europese taal.

Grieks word geskryf met die Griekse alfabet wat dateer vanuit die 8ste eeu v.C. Die Griekse alfabet bestaan uit 24 letters: Α, Β, Γ, Δ, Ε, Ζ, Η, Θ, Ι, Κ, Λ, Μ, Ν, Ξ, Ο, Π, Ρ, Σ, Τ, Υ, Φ, Χ, Ψ, Ω.

In die verlede het Grieke ander skryfstelsels gebruik: Lineêr B (hierdie skrif is heeltemal vergete na 12 eeu vC), en die Sipriese lettergreepskrif (verwant aan Lineêr B), wat in 10-3 eeue VC in Siprus bestaan het).

In 1954 het professor Xenophon Zolotas 'n toespraak gemaak by die Harvard-universiteit. Die toespraak was natuurlik in Engels, maar vol woorde wat afgelei is vanuit Grieks:

Kyrie,

I eulogize the archons of the Panethnic Numismatic Thesaurus and the Ecumenical Trapeza for the orthodoxy of their axioms, methods and policies, although there is an episode of cacophony of the Trapeza with Hellas. With enthusiasm we dialogue and synagonize at the synods of our didymous Organizations in which polymorphous economic ideas and dogmas are analyzed and synthesized. Our critical problems such as the numismatic plethora generate some agony and melancholy. This phenomenon is characteristic of our epoch. But, to my thesis, we have the dynamism to program therapeutic practices as a prophylaxis from chaos and catastrophe. In parallel, a panethnic unhypocritical economic synergy and harmonization in a democratic climate is basic. I apologize for my eccentric monologue. I emphasize my eucharistia to you Kyrie, to the eugenic and generous American Ethnos and to the organizers and protagonists of this Amphictyony and the gastronomic symposia.

Mr Xenophon Zolotas

 

 

Die Onse Vader in Grieks (Matteus 6:9-13):
Πάτερ ἡμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου·
ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου· γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σου, ὡς ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς·
τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον·
καὶ ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφελήματα ἡμῶν, ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀφίεμεν τοῖς ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν·
καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν, ἀλλὰ ρῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ.
Ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας·
ἀμήν.

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Sien gerus Wikipedia se uitgawe in Grieks

• Learn Greek- Official site of the Greek Institute of language and speech processing
• The Greek Language and Linguistics Gateway
• A Brief History of the Greek Language Geargiveer 27 April 2006 op Wayback Machine
• The Perseus Project has many useful pages for the study of classical languages and literatures, including dictionaries.
• Free online resources for learners (both Ancient and Modern Greek) Geargiveer 19 Februarie 2004 op Wayback Machine
• Athena, public domain polytonic greek font
• Gentium -- a typeface for the nations Geargiveer 12 April 2006 op Wayback Machine, a freely available font including polytonic Greek support
• Learn Greek Online, for people who would like to learn the beauty of modern Greek (with real audio files, totally free)
• Learn Ancient Greek at Textkit. There you can find free downloadable Ancient Greek grammars and readers.
• Generator for Greek typographical filler text
• Greek–English, English–Greek dictionary.
• Greek–English Dictionary: from Webster's Online Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.
• Greek–Spanish dictionary Geargiveer 24 Oktober 2004 op Wayback Machine.
• European Union Dictionary to/from Greek to all EU languages (Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish) Geargiveer 29 September 2006 op Wayback Machine