Aeolic Greek

E39238
Greek language variety ancient Greek dialect

Aeolic Greek is an ancient Greek dialect spoken primarily in regions such as Lesbos, Boeotia, and Thessaly, known from early lyric poetry and inscriptions and distinguished by several phonological and morphological features from other Greek dialects.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Aeolic Greek canonical 20
Boeotian Greek 7
Thessalian Greek 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek language variety ⓘ
ancient Greek dialect ⓘ
attestedIn epigraphic documents ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
literary fragments ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
distinguishedBy different treatment of Proto-Greek labiovelars ⓘ
distinct morphological features ⓘ
distinct phonological features ⓘ
distinct set of personal pronouns compared to Attic-Ionic ⓘ
frequent use of first person singular ending -μι in verbs ⓘ
retention of original long ā where Attic has ē in many positions ⓘ
specific forms of the dative plural ⓘ
use of -οιo for certain genitive singular endings ⓘ
use of -σσ- where Attic-Ionic has -ττ- in some words ⓘ
hasDialect Aeolic Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Boeotian Greek

Lesbian Greek dialect ⓘ
surface form: Lesbian Greek

Aeolic Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thessalian Greek
hasFeature conservative retention of some archaic Greek forms ⓘ
distinct vowel system compared to Attic-Ionic ⓘ
innovative developments in morphology ⓘ
regional variation among Lesbian, Boeotian, and Thessalian subdialects ⓘ
historicalPeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
influenced later regional Greek varieties in Boeotia ⓘ
later regional Greek varieties in Thessaly ⓘ
languageBranch Aeolic ⓘ
languageFamily Greeks ⓘ
surface form: Greek
relatedTo Attic Greek ⓘ
Doric Greek ⓘ
Ionic Greek ⓘ
Northwest Greek ⓘ
spokenIn Aeolis ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
Boeotia ⓘ
Greek islands of the northeastern Aegean ⓘ
Lesbos ⓘ
Thessaly ⓘ
status extinct language ⓘ
studiedIn classical philology ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf Hellenic language ⓘ
Indo-European language ⓘ
timeDepth 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
usedBy Alcaeus of Mytilene ⓘ
Corinna ⓘ
Sappho ⓘ
early lyric poets ⓘ
writingSystem Greek alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ionic Greek → contrastedWith → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Hellenic languages → hasPart → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Attic Greek → contrastsWith → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Thessaly → ancientDialect → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thessalian Greek
Boeotia → hasDialect → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boeotian Greek
Ancient Greek → hasDialect → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Doric Greek → distinctFrom → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Greek language → hasDialects → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Aeolic Greek → hasDialect → Aeolic Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boeotian Greek
Aeolic Greek → hasDialect → Aeolic Greek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thessalian Greek
Northwest Greek → distinctFrom → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Proto-Greek → hasDescendant → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Proto-Greek → followedBy → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeolic dialect
Boeotians → language → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boeotian Greek
Ionian Greek → sharesFeaturesWith → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Aeolis → language → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Lesbian Greek dialect → subclassOf → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Lesbian Greek dialect → closelyRelatedTo → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boeotian Greek
Sappho → poeticDialect → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Alcaeus of Mytilene → nativeLanguage → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Alcaeus of Mytilene → languageOfWorkOrName → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Alcaeus of Mytilene → dialect → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeolic dialect
Arcadocypriot Greek → closelyRelatedTo → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Boeotian League → usedDialect → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boeotian Greek
Corinna → nativeLanguage → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Corinna → writingLanguage → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Corinna → languageVariant → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boeotian Aeolic
Pelopidas → culture → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boeotian Greek
Thessalians → usedDialect → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thessalian Greek
Aeolians → spoke → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Aeolians → usedDialect → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aeolic dialect
Eastern Greek dialects → contrastedWith → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Ancient Greek dialect continuum → hasPart → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
Ancient Greek dialect continuum → hasPart → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boeotian Greek
Ancient Greek dialect continuum → hasPart → Aeolic Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thessalian Greek