demotic

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Etymology

First attested in 1822, from Ancient Greek δημοτικός (demotikos, “common”), from δημότης (demotes, “commoner”), from δῆμος (demos, “the common people”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /dɪ.ˈmɒ.tɪk/
(US) IPA: /dɪ.mɑ.tɪk/

Adjective

demotic (not comparable)

Of or for the common people.
Of, relating to, or written in the vulgar form of ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.
demotic script is a simplified, cursive form of hieroglyphs used in ancient egypt.
Of, relating to, or written in the form of modern vernacular Greek.
demotic Greek

Synonyms

(of the vulgar form of hieratic writing): enchorial

Translations

of or for the common people

Bulgarian: на простолюдието (bg) (na prostoljudieto)
Finnish: kansanomainen (fi), demoottinen (fi), rahvaanomainen (fi)
Greek: κοινός (el) (koinós) m

Hungarian: népi (hu), népies (hu)
Irish: coiteann (ga)
Russian: народный (ru) (naródnyj), простонародный (ru) (prostonaródnyj)

Egyptian hieratic writing

Finnish: demoottinen (fi)
Irish: coiteann (ga)

Russian: демотический (ru) (d'emotíčeskij)

written modern Greek

Finnish: demootinen (fi)
Greek: δημοτικός (el) (dimotikós) m, δημώδης (el) (dimódis) m and f

Irish: coiteann (ga)
Russian: димотический (ru) (dimotíčeskij)

Noun

demotic (plural demotics)

(linguistics) Language as spoken by the common people.
- 2010, John C. Wells, accents map
  Note the intrusion into British demotic (“me and Cheryl were having”) of the valley-girl quotative be, like.