āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Demotic
01
āĻĄā§āĻŽā§āĻāĻŋāĻ, āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ
the everyday spoken form of modern Greek, as opposed to its formal or literary varieties
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She learned classical Greek in school but spoke the demotic with her friends.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤āĨ¤
02
āĻĄā§āĻŽā§āĻāĻŋāĻ, āĻĄā§āĻŽā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ
an ancient Egyptian script derived from hieratic, used for daily purposes such as letters and records
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The Rosetta Stone is inscribed with hieroglyphics, demotic, and ancient Greek.
āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻĢ, āĻĄā§āĻŽā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻž āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
demotic
01
āĻāĻ¨āĻāĻŖā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻ°, āĻāĻŽāĻāĻ¨āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°
relating to or written in the everyday, spoken form of modern Greek
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She gave a speech in demotic Greek so the audience could connect easily.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ¨āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻšāĻā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻ¨āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯
intended for or relating to ordinary people; popular or accessible in style
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His demotic manner of speaking helped him win public trust.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
