1 The common trade language of classical Greece. Developed from the dialect of Athens, it lost its specifically Attic features and consequently its strictly local flavor. Through this process, koiné became the accepted panregional variety, with...

Koine Greek (Greek: Κοινὴ Ἑλληνική, IPA: [kʲiˈni eliniˈkʲi], "common Greek", or ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος, IPA: [i kʲiˈni ˈðjalektos], "the common dialect") is the popular form of Greek which emerged in post-Classical...