Proto-Greek language
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Not to be confused with Pre-Greek substrate.
The Proto-Greek language (also known as Proto-Hellenic) is the Indo-European language which was the last common ancestor of all varieties of Greek, including Mycenaean Greek, the subsequent ancient Greek dialects (i.e., Attic, Ionic, Aeolic, Doric, Arcadocypriot, and ancient Macedonian—either a dialect or a closely related Hellenic language) and, ultimately, Koine, Byzantine and Modern Greek (along with its variants). Proto-Greek speakers entered Greece sometime between 2200 and 1900 BC,[1][2][4] with the diversification into a southern and a northern group beginning by approximately 1700 BC.[5][9][10][11][12][13]
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Reconstruction of | Hellenic languages / Ancient Greek dialects |
Region | Southern Balkan Peninsula |
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