Editing Demotic Greek (section)

===Demotic as "Standard Modern Greek"===
Demotic is commonly used interchangeably with "[[Modern Greek|Standard Modern Greek]]" (''{{lang|el|Νέα Ελληνικά}}''). Nonetheless, these terms are not necessarily synonyms. While today's Standard Modern Greek is fundamentally a continuation of earlier Demotic, it also contains—especially in its written form and [[Register (sociolinguistics)|formal registers]]—numerous words, grammatical forms, and phonetical features that did not exist in the most "pure" and consistent forms of Demotic during the period of diglossia in Greece. Due to these admixtures, it could even be described as a product of a "merger" between earlier Demotic and Katharevousa.<ref name=":0" />

Furthermore, in a broader sense, the Greek term {{Lang|el|Δημοτική|italic=yes}} ({{Lang|el-Latn|Dimotikí}}) can also describe any naturally evolved colloquial language of the Greeks, not just that of the period of diglossia.