Only about two percent of people were chronically poor under the supplemental measure, compared with 3.3 percent under the official rate. This is important, because research shows that chronic poverty does the most long-term harm to people, especially children.
Greek is the official language of Greece, where it is spoken by almost the entire population. It is also the official language of Cyprus (nominally alongside Turkish). Because of the membership of Greece and Cyprus in the European Union, Greek is one of the organization's 24 official languages.
, elliniki ellinikÃ­, Glossa glÃ³ssa) greek language is an independent branch Of-The indo european family, of languages native to The, southern Balkans The, aegean Islands Western, asia minor parts of Northern And eastern anatolia And The, south Caucasus, Southern italy Albania. and cyprus Modern Greek (Neo-Hellenic): Stemming from Medieval Greek, Modern Greek usages can be traced in the Byzantine period, as early as the 11th century. 2  It is the language used by the modern Greeks, and, apart from Standard Modern Greek, there are several dialects of it.