Ελληνικά
Greek
- Global speakers: 13,170,460
- Glottocode: mode1248
- ISO 639-3: ell
Economic opportunities have always been a major factor behind migration, and Greek New Yorkers have made a particularly big impact in the restaurant business. Political turmoil also fueled the community's growth, from the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, which was catastrophic for many of the ethnic Greeks within its borders, to the Greek Civil War of the 1940s to the recent economic crisis. Koine Greek, based on the Greek variety used for the New Testament almost 2000 years ago, is the liturgical language of the Greek Orthodox Church.
Sites
NYC neighborhoods or towns in the metro region where the language community has a significant site, marked by a point on the map: