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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Greek</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>Ancient Greek</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Attic Greek</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Byzantine Greek</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Doric Greek</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Greek</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Romano-Greek</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>[Greek in transliteration]</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Koine Greek</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>Greek alphabet</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Indo-European</topic></related> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Language, known in numerous dialects, but which has been a single language throughout its history. It has been spoken in Greece probably since the late 3rd millennium BCED. The earliest texts are the Linear B tablets, some of which may date from as far back as 1400 BCE.  ]]></note></mads>