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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
demotic /dɪˈmɒtɪk/

▶adjective

1 denoting or relating to the kind of language used by ordinary people; colloquial.

2 denoting or relating to the form of modern Greek used in everyday speech and writing. Compare with katharevousa.

3 denoting a simplified, cursive form of ancient Egyptian script. Compare with hieratic.

▶noun demotic speech, language, or writing.

– origin C19: from Gk dēmotikos, from dēmotēs ‘one of the people’, from dēmos ‘the people’.

'demotic' also found in these Oxford entries:

hieratic - katharevousa - Khalkha

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