En réponse à Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...>:
>
> Which, of course, is measurable!
>
> One can, e.g. take the Katherevousa version of modern Greek & the
> Demotic
> version and compare features with Attic Greek of the 5th cent. BC. It
> can
> easily be shown (and quantified) that Katherevousa has markedly more in
> common with ancient Attic than the Demotic has; the difference can be
> demonstrated quite objectively.
>
Yet Katherevousa has been devised quite recently (compared to the evolution of
Demotic) and thus in a way is younger than Demotic :) .
Just wanted to make things even more confused :) .
Christophe.
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