Аннотация:Greek is rated a major world language despite its small number of speakers, estimated at sixteen million, whose written history dates from the fourteenth century BC (Linear B syllabary script). It is the official language of the Hellenic Republic and the Republic of Cyprus and one of the nine official languages of the European Union (EU). It has also received considerable recognition in the countries of the world where substantial Greek speaking communities have settled and it continues to enjoy the status of an international language by virtue of its extensive penetration of western languages, particularly in their abstract, cultural, technological and scientific registers. In Diaspora communities, maintenance of the Greek language, culture and Orthodox faith are central to the mission of the organised Greek Communities and families.
