The Greek language is the Hellenic language of the Indo-European language family. It's a language of the Greeks, native to the southern Balkans, with the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records.
Since the term "Greek" may refer to the various stages of the Greek language, in order to define the contemporary Greek language, the term "Modern Greek language" is in use.
During Classical Antiquity Greek was a widely spoken lingua franca in...