demotic

(dĭ-mŏt'ĭk)
adj.

1. Of or relating to the common people; popular: demotic speech; demotic entertainments.
2. Of, relating to, or written in the simplified form of ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.
3. Demotic Of or relating to a form of modern Greek based on colloquial use.

n.
Demotic Greek.

[Greek dēmotikos, from dēmotēs, a commoner, from dēmos, people.]

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adj

Definition: vernacular, popular
Antonyms: formal

demotic [di‐mot‐ik], derived from or using the language of the common people rather than the more formal style of a priesthood or other educated élite. See also colloquialism, vernacular.

relating to the common people: popular  demotic idiom

For a list of words related to demotic, see:

• Linguistics and Writing Systems - demotic: current, everyday form of a language, esp. the Modern Greek vernacular; simplified form of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic writing

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - folkelig, hverdags-, demotisk
n. - hverdagssprog, demotisk, folkeligt nygræsk

Nederlands (Dutch)
demotisch (volks), gesproken Nieuw-Grieks, een gesproken taal

Français (French)
adj. - populaire, (Ling) démotique
n. - démotique

Deutsch (German)
n. - volkstüml. mod. Griechisch, vereinfachte altägypt. Schrift
adj. - volkstümlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δημοτική (γλώσσα)
adj. - δημώδης, δημοτικός

Italiano (Italian)
demotico, popolare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - demótico (m)
adj. - demótico, popular

Русский (Russian)
простонародный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - popular, coloquial (lenguaje)
n. - demótico (forma popular de griego moderno, forma simplificada de la antigua escritura egipcia)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vanlighet
adj. - folklig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
大众的, 通俗的, 通俗文字, 现代希腊语

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 大眾的, 通俗的
n. - 通俗文字, 現代希臘語

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 대중적인, 민간용 문자의
n. - 현대 통속 그리스 어

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 民衆の, 通俗の, 民衆文字の
n. - 民衆文字

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شعبي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מדוברת, עממית (שפה), של העם, עממי, של המצרית העתיקה או היוונית המדוברת המודרנית‬
n. - ‮היוונית העממית המדוברת והכתובה בימינו (לעומת השפה הספרותית), צורת כתיבה מפושטת של מצרית עתיקה‬

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