Pronunciation of the Greek

The Greek Alphabet and Pronunciation

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*Characters of the Alphabet*				*Number* *Value of the Greek Letters*	*The ancient Names of* *the Greek Letters*	*Names of the corresponding Letters in the Jewish Alph.*	*Pronunciation*
*Eastern* *Greek*	*Western Greek*	*Byzantine Uncials*	*Mod. Greek Miniscules*	*Number* *Value of the Greek Letters*	*The ancient Names of* *the Greek Letters*		*Classical* *Greek*	*Byzantine & Mod. Greek*
‘	‘	à	a	1	álpha	aleph	à, À	a
B	B	â	b	2	bétha	beth	b	v
G	G	ã	g	3	gámma	gimel	g, M¹	G, M, j
D	D	ä	d	4	délta	daleth	d	D
’	’	å	e	5	épsilon	he	å	e
ú	ú	not used	not used	-	digámma	vav	w	-
ù	ù	S	not used	6	stígma	-	s	-
Z	Z	ç	z	7	(d)zéta	zayin	(d)z	z
“	“	è	h	8	(h)éta	cheth	(h)Å	I
J	J	Ò	j	9	théta	teth	T	T
”	”	È	i	10	ióta	yod	è, È	I
K	K	ê	k	20	káppa	kaf	k	k
L	L	ë	l	30	lámbda	lamed	l	l
M	M	ì	m	40	my	mem	m	m
N	N	í	n	50	ny	nun	n	n
X	C	K	x	60	x(e)i	-	ks	ks
•	•	î	o	70	o mikrón	ayin	î	O
P	P	ï	p	80	pi (pei)	pe	p	p
û	û	not used	not used	90	qoph	qof	q	-
q	q	ð	r	100	rho	resh	r(h)	r
Q	Q	ñ	s	200	sígma	shin	s	s
T	T	ò	t	300	tau	thav	t	t
–	–	ó	u	400	ýpsilon	-	ó,Ó > ú,Ú	I
F	F	ô	f	500	ph(e)i	-	F	f
C	Y	õ	c	600	ch(e)i	-	x	x
Y	not used	Ï	y	700	ps(e)i	-	ps	ps
—	—	Î	w	800	o méga	-	Î	o > O
ü	ü	ý	not used	900	sámpi	samech	s	-

Notes:

1. The g is pronounced [M] before g, n, k and x.

Pronunciation of the Diphthongs

*Diphthongs*	*Classical Greek* *Pronunciation*	*Byzantine & Mod. Greek Pronunciation*
ai	ai	E
ei	ei	I
oi	oi	I
au	au	av
eu	eu	ev
ou	u < ou	u

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