Greek Alphabet Charts

Diphthongs

ai
ei
oi
uee
ow
oo
e+u
+u

alpha
beta
gamma
delta
epsilon
zeta (zeyta)
eta (eyta)
theta (theyta)
iota
kappa
lambda
mu (moo)
nu (noo)
xi (ksee)
omicron
pi (pee)
rho
sigma
tau
upsilon
phi (phee)
chi (chee)
psi (psee)
omega

a
b
g
d
e
z

th
i
k
l
m
n
x
o
p
r, rh
s
t
u, y
ph
ch
ps

aisle
neighbor
oil
queen
cow
food
met+rude (~feud)
obey+rude

Punctuation
Comma, period: Same as in English
Raised dot (?) = Colon or Semicolon
Semicolon (;) in Greek = Question mark
Syllables
ultima (last)
penult (next to last)
antepenult (third from last)

father
big
God / =ng (angle) / =nk (ankle)
door
met
zeal or kudzu
obey
thing (not as in this)
pit or police
keep
law
mother
number
fox
not [o-micron; small o]
poor
rod, rhythm
save [the form occurs only at end of word]
time
French u or German
phone
German ich
tipsy
vote [o-mega; big o]
Breathing Marks

smooth

rough (h)

= a; =n
= ha; =hn

Accents

~ or
`

acute
circumflex
grave

Combinations of Accents & Breathings

, , / , , // , ,
Iota Subscript
Only with 3 vowels: , ,
Has no effect on pronunciation
Diaeresis (dee-eye-re-sis)
Keeps 2 vowels separate ()
Examples: = --- (Isaiah)
= - (Cain)
Elision apostrophe () marks an omitted letter

Practice the Greek alphabet at: http://www.aoal.org/Greek/greekalphabet.htm