Initial ρ always bears a rough breathing, thus ῥ, showing that the consonant is (allophonically) voiceless, r̥. In the case of a vowel or diphthong written as two letters, the breathing is placed on the second of them. Initial vowel letters always bear one of two diacritics: a rough breathing (thus ἁ, ἑ, ἡ, ἱ, ὁ, ὑ, ὡ), which symbolizes a sound h before the vowel, or a smooth breathing (thus ἀ, ἐ, ἠ, ἰ, ὀ, ὐ, ὠ), which symbolizes its absence. All accents can be regarded as showing word stress, and any other diacritics ignored. loch ψ ps ps ω oː long ɔː in sawįor an English approximation, take note of breathings below. but before κ, χ, γ, μ ŋ ŋ in ink, song δ d dental d ε e short e in pet ει eː long close-mid monophthong eɪ in face ευ eu juː in few ζ zd zd η ɛː long open-mid monophthong eə in square ηυ eu juː in few θ tʰ aspirated dental plosive θ in thin ι i short i or long iː ɪ in kit, iː in fleece κ k unaspirated k λ l l μ m m ν n dental n ξ ks ks in box ο o short ɒ in pot οι oi ɔɪ in boy ου uː long uː in pool π p unaspirated p ρ r trill or tap r σ, ς s s τ t dental, unaspirated t υ y short y or long yː uː in goose, or better as French lune, German kühl υι yi falling diphthong, one syllable uːɪ in ruin φ pʰ aspirated bilabial plosive f in foot χ kʰ aspirated velar plosive k, or better x in Sc. Α a short a or long aː ʌ in cup, ɑː in father αι ai aɪ in high αυ au aʊ in how β b b γ ɡ ɡ. Spelling-to-sound rules for Ancient Greek Classical Greek IPA Notes (see also below) Those familiar with IPA general-phonetic symbols can ignore these English approximations. References to English relate to British English RP or similar. It is an attempt to reconstruct the way it was pronounced by the ancient Greeks in, say, 500-400 BC. Note: this is not how classical Greek is currently pronounced in any classroom that I know of. The table is in Greek alphabetical order. Allen’s book Vox Graeca, published by Cambridge University Press in 1968, third edition 1987. This spelling-to-sound table for Classical Greek is based on W.S. To read the Greek letters, you will need to have installed a Unicode polytonic Greek font, for example Palatino Linotype (supplied with MS Windows) or KadmosU.īoth alphabets are catered for in Arial Unicode MS and Gentium. To see the IPA phonetic symbols in the text, please ensure that you have installed a Unicode phonetic font, for example Lucida Sans Unicode (often supplied with MS Windows), Charis SIL, or Doulos SIL (click name for free download).
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