Is Katharevousa still used?

Its use and teaching was discontinued by law in 1977, so young people today don’t know it and, to some extend, may even have difficulty to understand all of it. Older people might still use it for irony or sarcasm, somehow as if you use Shakespearean English in English.

When was Attic Greek spoken?

Attic Greek
Ἀττικὴ διάλεκτος
Region	Attica, Aegean Islands
Era	c. 500–300 BC; evolved into Koine
Language family	Indo-European Hellenic Ancient Greek Eastern Attic Greek

When did modern Greek start?

Modern Greek (Neo-Hellenic): Stemming from Medieval Greek, Modern Greek usages can be traced in the Byzantine period, as early as the 11th century. It is the language used by the modern Greeks, and, apart from Standard Modern Greek, there are several dialects of it.

What is the proper meaning of the word Katharevousa?

Proper noun. Katharevousa. A learned, archaising form of Modern Greek, the artificial Greek language based on Classical Greek, used for formal and official purposes, primarily written but not used for conversation. Legally displaced in Greece in 1976 by Demotic Greek.

What’s the difference between katharevousa and Demotic Greek?

In later years, Katharevousa was used for official and formal purposes (such as politics, letters, official documents, and newscasting), while Demotic Greek (δημοτική, dimotiki) or popular Greek, was the daily language.

Why was Katharevousa important to the Greek Enlightenment?

As a classical scholar credited with both laying the foundations of Modern Greek literature and a major figure in the Greek Enlightenment, he was repelled by the Byzantine and subsequent influence on Greek society, and was a fierce critic of the clergy and their alleged subservience to the Ottoman Empire.