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Koi·ne

 (koi-nā′, koi′nā′)
n.
1. A dialect of Greek that developed primarily from Attic and became the common language of the Hellenistic world, from which later stages of Greek are descended.
2. koine A lingua franca.
3. koine A regional dialect or language that becomes the standard language over a wider area, losing its most extreme local features.
[From Greek (hē) koinē (dialektos), common (language), feminine of koinos, common; see kom in Indo-European roots.]
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koine

(ˈkɔɪniː)
n
(Linguistics) a common language among speakers of different languages; lingua franca
[from Greek koinē dialektos common language]

Koine

(ˈkɔɪniː)
n
(Languages) the Koine (sometimes not capital) the Ancient Greek dialect that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely used throughout the E Mediterranean area in Roman times
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koi•ne

(kɔɪˈneɪ, ˈkɔɪ neɪ)

n.
1. (usu. cap.) the form of ancient Greek, based mainly on Attic, that supplanted other dialects in the Hellenistic period and became the standard language, from which subsequent stages of Greek developed.
2. any language or dialect, often in modified form, in widespread use in an area where other languages were or still are spoken; lingua franca.
[1910–15; < Greek]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Koine - a Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire
Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic language - the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
2.koine - a common language used by speakers of different languages; "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times"
interlanguage, lingua franca
language, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"
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Es un autor que quiere hacernos entender que no entendemos el islam de manera adecuada porque el mismo lenguaje en el que lo abarcamos como fenomeno ya llama a la confusion (llamando a una misma cosa lo que son tres: una religion, un marco cultural o koine que tuvo una vida concreta, y un islam contemporaneo).
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