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Greek Alphabet Charts: Diphthongs Breathing Marks

This document provides information about the Greek alphabet including: - The Greek letters and their English equivalents and example words for each letter. - Information on diphthongs, punctuation, syllables, breathing marks, accents, combinations of accents and breathings, iota subscript, and diaeresis in Greek. - Notes on pronunciation of certain letters and diacritical marks used in Greek.

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Greek Alphabet Charts: Diphthongs Breathing Marks

This document provides information about the Greek alphabet including: - The Greek letters and their English equivalents and example words for each letter. - Information on diphthongs, punctuation, syllables, breathing marks, accents, combinations of accents and breathings, iota subscript, and diaeresis in Greek. - Notes on pronunciation of certain letters and diacritical marks used in Greek.

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Greek Alphabet Charts

o A alpha a father
p beta b big
y gamma g God / yy = ng (angle) / yi = nk (ankle)
o ^ delta d door
r epsilon e met
Z zeta z zeal or kudzu
j H eta obey
O O theta th thing
t iota i pit or police
i K kappa k keep
A lambda l law
M mu (moo) m mother
v N nu (noo) n number
xi (ksee) x fox
o O omicron o not [Note: o-micron = small o]
n H pi (pee) p poor
p P rho r, rh rod, rhythm
o, ; 2 sigma s save [the form ; occurs only at end of word]
t T tau t time
Y upsilon u, y French u or German
d phi (phee) ph phone
, X chi (khee) ch/kh German ich
j + psi (psee) ps tipsy
c O omega vote [Note: o-mega = big o]

Diphthongs
ot ai aisle
rt ei neighbor
ot oi oil
t uee queen
o ow cow
o oo food
r e+u met+rude (~feud)
j +u 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

Breathing Marks
` smooth o = a; rv = n
rough (h) o = ha; rv = hn

Accents
acute
or ` circumflex
grave

Combinations of Accents & Breathings
o, o or , o / o o or o /

Iota Subscript
Only with 3 vowels: ( (
Has no effect on pronunciation

Diaeresis (dee-eye-re-sis)
Keeps 2 vowels separate ()
Examples: `Hooo; = `H-oo-t-o; (Isaiah)
Kotv = Ko-tv (Cain)

Elision apostrophe () marks an omitted letter

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