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Expanded 10 resource listings . A fuller resource guide, plus a script trainer and First 500 words practice.

Modern Greek needs alphabet fluency first; then high-frequency words and audio. Classical materials are a different sport — do not mix goals in week one. Last reviewed 2026-08-01

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Honest start

Modern Greek needs alphabet fluency first; then high-frequency words and audio. Classical Greek is a different sport — do not mix goals in month one.

Month plan

  1. Alphabet via script trainer until decoding is automatic.
  2. First 500 + graded listening.
  3. Spoken survival frames; stress/accent awareness.
  4. Short news for learners before full ERT speed.

Traps

  • Classical materials for a travel/speaking goal.
  • Transliteration comfort.
  • Grammar without retells.

Daily 25-minute template

  1. 5 min — script or pronunciation warm-up.
  2. 10 min — First 500 or topic deck.
  3. 10 min — listening you finish + 30-second retell.

Resource use on this site

Start with one free course from the list below, one listening habit, and one reference. Use on-site tools linked above. Ignore the rest of the directory until those three habits are alive for two weeks.

Progress checks

  • Can you decode the script without romanization?
  • Can you finish a graded clip and retell three facts?
  • Have you spoken — even badly — four times this month?

A solid practice day

Pick five high-frequency words or phrases, say one sentence with each aloud, finish a short graded clip that might contain them, and write a brief diary line. If the clip is too hard, step down one level — don’t open another app.

About Greek

Language family
Indo-European, Hellenic (its own branch)
Source: Glottolog mode1248
Where it's spoken
Greece and Cyprus
Speakers
roughly 13 million speakers
Estimate source: Ethnologue language page (ell)
Writing
Greek

Greek is the sole surviving member of the Hellenic branch of Indo-European and has the longest continuously attested written history of any Indo-European language, spanning roughly 3,400 years from Mycenaean Linear B tablets to today. It has no close living relatives; its nearest kin died out in antiquity. Its alphabet, adapted from Phoenician script around the 9th century BC, is the ancestor of both the Latin and Cyrillic alphabets.

Speaker counts are approximate orders of magnitude for learners, not census figures. Family labels follow Glottolog-style classification; vitality notes (when shown) follow UNESCO WAL / Ethnologue-style framing and should be re-checked for program planning.

Sources

Writing systems

  • Greek alphabet — 24 letters — learn them first; they also unlock a huge amount of English scientific vocabulary. Greek script trainer →

How to start

  1. Learn the writing system first with the script trainer — meet a few characters, match them, then recall.
  2. Pick one free course (or free-with-upgrades) below and finish a short beginner unit before hopping apps.
  3. Bookmark one dictionary or grammar reference and look up every unknown word for a week.
  4. Add 10–15 minutes of listening most days — news, radio, or a teaching channel.
  5. Drill vocabulary with First 500 words , then situational lists in topic decks .
  6. When ready, use a tutor marketplace listing below for short speaking sessions.

Practice on this site

Deep links into trainers and drills that already cover Greek.

Script trainer First 500 words Topic decks Root Explorer Root of the day Cloze practice False-friend quiz Listening picker

All course paid youtube channel listening reading course free reference tool

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Resource Type Levels Cost Verified
Duolingo Greek
Beginner Modern Greek with alphabet practice.
 course paid A1-A2 freemium —
Easy Greek
Street interviews.
 youtube channel A2-B2 free 2026-08-02
ERT / Greek public media
Greek broadcast immersion.
 listening B1-C2 free —
ERT news
Greek public broadcaster news.
 listening B1-C2 free —
GreekPod101
Pod101-style audio and video lessons with a free tier.
 course paid A1-C1 freemium —
Kathimerini
Major Greek newspaper for reading practice.
 reading B1-C2 free —
Best first stop Language Transfer — Complete Greek
Free Complete Greek audio course using the Thinking Method.
 course free A1-B1 free 2026-08-02
Portal for the Greek Language
Official Greek language portal with dictionaries and teaching materials.
 reference A2-C2 free —
Study New Languages — Greek script trainer
On-site Greek alphabet trainer.
 tool A1-A2 free 2026-08-02
Wikipedia Greek
Open reading practice by topic.
 reading A2-C2 free —

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