Greek language question
19TH AND 20TH CENTURY DISPUTE IN GREECE ABOUT WHETHER THE POPULAR LANGUAGE (DEMOTIC) OR A CULTIVATED IMITATION OF ANCIENT GREEK (KATHAREVOUSA) SHOULD BE OFFICIAL; SETTLED IN FAVOUR OF THE FORMER
Greek language dispute; Linguistic demoticism in Greece; Greek linguistic demoticism
The Greek language question (, to glossikó zítima) was a dispute about whether the language of the Greek people (Demotic Greek) or a cultivated imitation of Ancient Greek (Katharevousa) should be the official language of the Greek nation. It was a highly controversial topic in the 19th and 20th centuries, and was finally resolved in 1976 when Demotic was made the official language.