Hellenic languages
| Hellenic | |
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| Greek | |
| Geographic distribution | Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Anatolia and the Black Sea region |
| Linguistic classification | Indo-European
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| Proto-language | Proto-Greek |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-5 | grk |
| Linguasphere | 56= (phylozone) |
| Glottolog | gree1276 |
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Hellenic is the branch of the Indo-European language family whose principal member is Greek. In most classifications, Hellenic consists of Greek alone, but some linguists use the term Hellenic to refer to a group consisting of Greek proper and other varieties thought to be related but different enough to be separate languages, either among ancient neighboring languages or among modern varieties of Greek.