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Modern Greek begins to be taught as a foreign language for
reasons ... not philological, but purely for making a living and for
surviving. Various methods and handbooks are necessary.

It's Greek to me

It is a fact -pleasant and encouraging - that there has recently been a broader interest by foreigners and others (greek communities abroad, Russian-Pontians of Greek origin, people of Northern Epirus, a.o.) to learn Greek; to learn the modern Greek language that is spoken in Greece. In the Balkan countries, the Greek language is being taught more and more - and more than any other Balkan language. Many Europeans (people working for the European Union, tourists, educators, a.o.) of the EU country members select Greek among the so called "small languages" of the Union as a language to learn. People of Eastern Europe show a strong interest. Members of Greek communities abroad and people of Greek origin (especially in Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, etc.) seek their linguistic roots -often also identity- through the Greek language. In Albania, in Yugoslavia, Skopje, Bulgaria, Rumania the number of people (young as well as middle aged) trying to learn Greek is rapidly increasing.

And of course there are many thousands of Russian-Pontians returning to Greece who, coming home, seek to speak the greek language as soon as possible. Same goes for the people of Northern Epirus (for those who didn't learn Greek in their regions) and for the thousands of Albanians who are working in Greece. Also the Polish and the people from Pakistan, and the Kurds, and the workers from Georgia and from the Philippines; they are all trying to ameliorate their status (and their income) by learning Greek. Books about learning Greek are being reprinted multiple times in order to cover world wide demand (US, Canada, Australia, Japan, Korea, Russia, etc.)

All this shows that we as a country should be deeply concerned about the major issue of the spreading and the projection of the modern Greek language and with what such a projection may lead to on a national, cultural, political and social level. What follows is a short list of useful Greek words and phrases for non-speakers who wish to acquire some basic communication skills in Greek.

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Miscellaneous Basic Words / Phrases

Please note that we have spelled the words in the Latin and not Greek alphabet.
The spelling is therefore purely phonetic. The bold letters denote where the accent should be.