The 5 main dialects of ancient Greek that have been found on inscriptions, based on geography, with regional subdivisions, followed by the other, more modern Greek languages.
1. Attic-Ionic Greek (represented in literature)
- Ionic
- East Ionic
- Central Ionic
- West Ionic
- Attic
2. Achaean
- Arcadian
- Cyprian
- Pamphylian
3. Aeolic (represented in literature)
- Lesbian
- Thessalian
- Boeotian
4. Doric (represented in literature)
- Laconian-Heraclean
- Messenian
- Argolic
- Megarian,
- Corinthian
- Rhodian
- Theran-Melian
- Coan-Calymnian
- Cretan
5. Northwest Greek
- Phocian
- Locrian
- Elean
