Attic Greek

"Classical Greek" redirects here. For the culture, see Classical Greece.

Attic Greek
Ἀττικὴ γλῶττα
An inscription about the construction of the statue of Athena Parthenos in the Parthenon, 440/439 BC
Region	Attica, Macedon, and a number of the Aegean Islands
Era	c. 500–300 BC; evolved into Koine
Language family	Indo-European Hellenic Greek Attic–Ionic Attic Greek
Early form	Proto-Greek
Writing system	Greek alphabet Old Attic alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	atti1240
Distribution of Greek dialects in Greece in the classical period. Western group:   Doric proper   Northwest Doric   Achaean Doric (probably Northwest Doric) Central group:   Aeolic   Arcado-Cypriot Eastern group:   Attic   Ionic

Attic Greek is the Greek dialect of the ancient region of Attica, including the polis of Athens. Often called Classical Greek, it was the prestige dialect of the ancient Greek world for centuries and remains the standard form of the language that is taught to students of Ancient Greek. As the basis of the Hellenistic Koine Greek, it is the most similar of the ancient dialects to later Greek. Attic is traditionally classified as a member or sister dialect of the Ionic branch.