希臘語族是印歐語系下屬語族之一[3]。一般來說,希臘語族只包括希臘語一種語言 [4][5]。但一些語言學家認為希臘語可以拆分為多種語言[6]。
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Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (编). Greek. Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. 2016.
In other contexts, "Hellenic" and "Greek" are generally synonyms.
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Joseph, Brian D. and Irene Philippaki-Warburton (1987): Modern Greek. London: Routledge, p. 1.
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