Doric Greek
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Doric Greek is an ancient dialect of the Greek language, spoken in classical times in large parts of the Peloponnese, plus Crete and Rhodes.
It preserves long a (alpha) where other dialects change it to long open e (eta, pronounced as in the English word hat), as in γᾶ μάτηρ (gā mātēr) "earth mother" — Attic and Koine γῆ μήτηρ (gē mētēr), and preserves original -τι (-ti) endings that Attic changed to -σι (-si) for instance in the third person plural ending -οντι (-onti) — Attic/Koine -ουσι (-ousi).
The Doric dialect has given its name to the "Doric" variety of Lowland Scots.
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