of or pertaining to the ordinary, everyday, current form of a language; vernacular

a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms.

of or pertaining to the common people; popular.

of, pertaining to, or noting the simplified form of hieratic writing used in ancient Egypt between 700 b.c. and a.d. 500.

demotic script.

( initial capital letter ) Also called Romaic. the Modern Greek vernacular ( distinguished from Katharevusa ).