Agreed. A.
On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 8:13 PM George C. Tsiagalakis <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, but it's not necessarily only a matter of theology, Suda for > example is a 30.000 entries 9th century byzantine encyclopedia, or even far > before this Plutarch, Strabo, Lucian and plenty others wrote in -an earlier > version of- Koine. I am only mentioning this as the body of texts available > in Koine -for any type of subject- far exceeds the body of available texts > in Attic -due to the much greater time span and geographical coverage-, and > as a consequence there is a lot of scholarly research and study of Koine as > well. As I have been the grc incubator moderator since the past year, I > have noticed a mix of both dialects and preferences in the community when > creating articles. However when it comes to examples of modern usage in > general, the use of Koine indeed seems to be primarily centered around > religious purposes (e.g. Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople). > > Kind regards, > George T. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Langcom] Lingua Franca Nova > > Local Time: February 8, 2017 1:10 AM > UTC Time: February 8, 2017 1:10 AM > From: [email protected] > To: George C. Tsiagalakis <[email protected]>, Wikimedia Foundation > Language Committee <[email protected]> > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 5:33 AM George C. Tsiagalakis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > an up to date news website in ancient Greek at http://www.akwn.net/ > <http://www.akwn.net/> that has been going for 10+ years, or the Harry > potter translation at > https://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-Philosophers-Ancient-Edition/dp/158234826X, > examples which showcase that the language can certainly be used for > creating new material. > > > Both of those use Attic Greek, btw, confirming what I said in the other > thread. *IF* a community arises interested in cultivating a grc Wikipedia, > it would be in Attic. > > (And yes, of course there is a large contingent of scholars and students > primarily interested in koine rather than Attic, for religious or merely > theological reasons. I should have acknowledged this in my earlier post.) > > A. > >
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