Home›Eurasian Language Families›Indo-European Branches›Indo-European: Hellenic BranchGroupIndo-European: Hellenic BranchHellenic is the branch of Indo-European whose only surviving member is Greek, but the branch's internal history includes several extinct or poorly attested ancient varieties, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Macedonian and a scatter of regional dialects, whose exact relationship to the mainstream of ancient Greek is debated. This child group, under Indo-European Branches, holds every Eurasian Language Families member whose sourced description identifies it as Hellenic, Greek or a named ancient Greek-adjacent variety classified within the branch.FactsBrowse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonPrimary RegionWell-attestedGreece and the Eastern Mediterranean 1Browse ByAll Indo-European: Hellenic BranchIndo-European: Hellenic Branch10 entriesIndo-European: Hellenic BranchFilter Results10 entriesMacro-areaAllIndo-European Branches (10)Indo-European: Hellenic Branch (10)Parent Family (Classification Tree)AllIndo-European (2)Speaker Count BandAll0 (5)798,400 to 3,238,000,000 (1)RegionAllAnatolia (4)Asia (5)Europe (3)Greece (1)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (1)Classification StatusAllEstablished (2)Number of LanguagesAll1 (5)6 to 15 (2)In GroupAllIndo-European: Hellenic Branch (10)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 10Ancient MacedonianEurasian Language FamiliesCarianEurasian Language FamiliesGraeco-Phrygian languagesEurasian Language Families1 linkHellenicEurasian Language Families2 linksLemnian languageEurasian Language FamiliesLycianEurasian Language FamiliesLydianEurasian Language FamiliesMessapicEurasian Language FamiliesPaeonianEurasian Language FamiliesPhrygianEurasian Language FamiliesSources1. Wikipedia: Greek Languagetier 2Wikimedia FoundationLead section, native-territories sentenceQuote, Lead section, native-territories sentenceIt is native to the territories that have had populations of Greeks since antiquity: Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, Turkey, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, Caucasus, the Black Sea coast, and the Eastern Mediterranean.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.