THE GREEK ALPHABET

LETTER NAME TRANSCRIPTION/PR ONUNCIATION LETTER NAME TRANSCRIPTION/PR ONUNCIATION

alpha

a father b bet g go d do e get z wisdom bed th pothole i keen c (k) sack l low m mow

nu

n no x axe o not p sap r row s so t sat y (u) french tu ph tophole ch (kh) lockhole ps lips caught

beta

xi

gamma

omicron

delta

pi

epsilon

rho

zeta

sigma

eta

tau

theta

upsilon

iota

phi

kappa

chi

lambda

psi

mu

omega

ARCHAIC LETTERS

ACCENTS

digamma/wau

smooth breathing

is used at the end of words in the lowercase: = .

THE GREEK ALPHABET

koppa san sampi

q (k) s ss?

rough breathing acute (up-tone) grave (flat-tone) circumflex (up-down) diaeresis (splits diphthongs)

hi

accents are usually ignored in transcription