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What is the name of the linguistic process by which Katharevousa and Demotic merged in the late 20th century into the standard written form used today?

Standard Modern Greek (Koini Neoelliniki) emerged after 1976 as a compromise between Katharevousa and Demotic, incorporating vocabulary and morphology from both registers into a unified national standard.

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