Doric Greek facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Doric Greek
Δωρισμός
Region	Peloponnese, Crete, Rhodes, Sicily, Italy
Era	c. 800–100 BC; changed into the Tsakonian language
Language family	Indo-European Hellenic Ancient Greek Western Doric Greek
Linguist List	grc-dor

Doric or Dorian (Ancient Greek: Δωρισμός Dōrismós) was a Hellenic language. It was a dialect of Ancient Greek. It was spoken in Western Greece and some parts of Southern Italy and Sicily.

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  Political situation in the Greek world around the time at which the Northwest Doric koina arose

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  Laconia in Greece

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  Corinthia in Greece