Others favoured the Katharevousa, or purified Greek, which would render it more akin to Attic Greek. |
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When the Swiss German-speakers wish to write, they write their own Katharevousa, which is High German. |
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The dispute was finally resolved in 1976, when Dimotiki was made the only official variation of the Greek language, and Katharevousa fell to disuse. |
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Katharevousa Greek was constructed as a form of Modern Greek drawing on classical Greek morphology and vocabulary in an attempt to purify the existing demotic Greek. |
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Katharevousa is a literary style of which modern European language? |
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But I have been told by a Greek friend about an uncle of hers, a priest, for whom katharevousa was the natural medium of expression. |
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The chief problem with katharevousa was that it was an arbitrary mixture of ancient and modern features. |
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All these words were formed in the 19th century by writers who were using katharevousa. |
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Although dimotiki has been the official language of Greece since 1974, many types of katharevousa are actively used, mainly in the written language. |
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He sees the boat draw alongside the sailboat as one of the two men on deck catches the line and the other shouts fateful katharevousa in exchange for demotic greetings. |
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