Greek letters pronunciation ... (A guide for those who want to "transliterate")

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    Amethystos said:

    Default Greek letters pronunciation ... (A guide for those who want to "transliterate")

    Capital letters Lowercase letters Pronunciation
    Α
    Β
    Γ
    Δ
    Ε
    Ζ
    Η
    Θ
    Ι
    Κ
    Λ
    Μ
    Ν
    Ξ
    Ο
    Π
    Ρ
    Σ
    Τ
    Υ
    Φ
    Χ
    Ψ
    Ω
    α
    β
    γ
    δ
    ε
    ζ
    η
    θ
    ι
    κ
    λ
    μ
    ν
    ξ
    ο
    π
    ρ
    σ
    τ
    υ
    φ
    χ
    ψ
    ω
    A-a like in cat, approve
    V-v like in variety, valve
    Y-y like year, yellow
    Th-th like in the, another
    E-e like in bed, men
    Z-z like in Zebra, zooming
    I-i like in lips, tip
    Th-th like theme, theory
    I-i like in lips, tip
    K-k like in key, keep
    L-l like in lamp, leave
    M-m like in mother, material
    N-n like in nobody, number
    X-x like in axe, oxen, toxic
    O-o like in top, pop
    P-p like in pin, pencil
    R-r like in run, roll
    S-s like in some, sort
    T-t like in ten, top
    I-i like in lips, tip
    F-f like in fight, fire
    H-h like in horor, height, hamster
    Ps-ps like in pseudo, chips, clips
    O-o like in top, pop


    Two consonants

    Capital letters Lowercase letters Pronunciation
    Γγ - Γκ
    Μπ
    Ντ
    Τζ
    Τσ
    γγ - γκ
    μπ
    ντ
    τζ
    τσ
    G-g like in give, gas
    B-b like in bus, boat
    D-d like in deer, daughter
    J-j like in job, joey
    Ch-ch like in chocolate, charge


    Two vowels

    Capital letters Lowercase letters Pronunciation
    Αι
    Ει
    Οι
    Ου
    Υι
    αι
    ει
    οι
    ου
    υι
    E-e like in bed, men
    I-i like in lips, tip
    I-i like in lips, tip
    Oo-oo like in doom, taboo
    I-i like in lips, tip

    Warning
    If over the second vowel, you see the "split symbol" aka (΅) or (¨)
    you have to treat the voewls pronunciation as if they're not attached to each other
    Examples: νεράϊδα, θεϊκός, καΐκι
    "Gilgamesh, where are you hurrying to?
    You will never find that life for which you are looking.
    When the gods created man they allotted to him death,
    but life they retained in their own keeping"
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    Amethystos said:

    Default Grouping vowels based on their sound ...

    These are THE ONLY vowel-sounds in Greek

    Capital vowels Lowercase vowels Pronunciation
    Α α A-a like in cat, approve
    Η, Ι, Υ, ΕΙ, ΟΙ, ΥΙ η, ι, υ, ει, οι, υι I-i like in lips, tip
    Ε, ΑΙ ε, αι E-e like in bed, men
    Ο, Ω ο, ω O-o like in top, pop
    ΟΥ ου Oo-oo like in doom, taboo

    In Greek the sounds of letters DO NOT differ from word to word!
    Orthography (or spelling) of every word is mainly a matter of it's origin.
    In other words, the way every word is written help us to investigate it's ETYMOLOGY
    Last edited by Amethystos; 08-19-2012 at 10:01 AM.
    "Gilgamesh, where are you hurrying to?
    You will never find that life for which you are looking.
    When the gods created man they allotted to him death,
    but life they retained in their own keeping"
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    Amethystos said:

    Lightbulb Finally there is this usefull link

    Some days ago I was asked by a member to record the pronunciation of some phrase.

    After some search I found this link to an engine -> http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tt...le.php?sitepal

    But there are some...
    RULES for having the best results by using it.

    1. Choose Greek and ONLY the voice of Afroditi (avoid other voices !!!)
    2. Add small text-phrases in the text-tab. Fewer words -> best result
    3. Use FREQUENTLY commas.
    "Gilgamesh, where are you hurrying to?
    You will never find that life for which you are looking.
    When the gods created man they allotted to him death,
    but life they retained in their own keeping"