Language
Estia is the only daily written in katharevousa, a purist and archaic form of modern Greek that was abolished as the official administrative language in 1976. The use of katharevousa was previously favored by the conservative press, as opposed to dimotiki, which was favored by the centrist and leftist press. In recent years, however, Estia has adopted a very moderate form of katharevousa. Estia is also the only daily employing the polytonic system of accentuation, which was officially abandoned following legislation in 1982; Estia, nevertheless, uses a simplified polytonic orthography in which the grave accent is replaced by the acute.
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