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: '''**''' 'αυ' and 'ευ' are controversial. There is some evidence to suggest that is was pronounced 'ew' (as in "Ew, that's gross!") It was probably like α or ε + Spanish 'vh. There are also version of several vowels with a small iota underneath (or beside in the case of capitols): ᾼ ᾳ, ῌ ῃ, ῼ ῳ. It is believed that these represent ancient diphthongs, but the pronunciation is not altered in the time of any Greek writings after the 4th century BCEwriting we can know.
| alpha || α || Α || a || f<u>a</u>ther
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| beta || β || Β || b || spanish v/b Ha<u>b</u>anaeta
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| gamma || γ || Γ || g || <u>g</u>amma, gh
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| delta || δ || Δ || d || <u>d</u>elta, dh
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| epsilon || ε || Ε || e || <u>e</u>psilon
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| zêta || ζ || Ζ || ''z '' if first letter, otherwise ''dz'' || <u>z</u>êta ''or'' be<u>ds</u>
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| êta || |η || Η || e || ob<u>e</u>y
| xi || ξ || Ξ || x || a<u>x</u>iom
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| omicron || ο || Ο || o || p<u>o</u>hnd
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| pi || π || Π || p || <u>p</u>i
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| rho || ρ || Ρ || r || <u>r</u>oho
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| sigma || σ / ς || Σ || s || <u>s</u>igma
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| tau || τ || Τ || t || <u>t</u>avau
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| upsilon || υ || Υ || u || French <u, German ue>oo</u>ps
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| phi || φ || Φ || ph || <u>f</u>ather
| psi || ψ || Ψ || ps || oo<u>ps</u>
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| omega || ω || Ω || o || <u>o</u>hbey
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! ΑΙ
| like ε, 'eai' as in get aisle
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! ΕΙ
| like ι, 'eeei' as in tree freight (not identical to 'Η''''*''')
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! ΟΙ
| like Υ, French 'u' German 'ue', rounded 'ioi'as in oil
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! ΑΥ
| approximately 'av' '''**''ow'as in sow
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! ΟΥ
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! ΥΙ
| 'ooe' as Υ or Υ + Ιin gooey
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! ΕΥ
| approximately 'ev' '''**'''
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: '''*''' 'ευ' is both hard and controversial. There is abundant some evidence to suggest that is was pronounced 'iew' (as in "spaghettiEw, that's gross!")or simply 'yu'. This entered the language shortly after the time of Alexander the Great and is seen everywhere in papyri What has been taught for ages, inscriptions and in ALL NT manuscriptshowever, even from the earliest papyri like p52. This is why Westcott and Hort spelled some famous names like Δαυειδ and Πειλατος'eh-oo', such were the spellings as sound not present in the old manuscriptsEnglish.
: ''We have chosen not to include ι-subscripts on '''WikiChristian''', partly because most browsers display them incorrectly.''
* λόγος - '''lo'''gos
Over the initial syllable of word that begins with a vowel, there will always be either a rough (<big>‘</big>) or a smooth (<big>’</big>) breathing sign. Rough means a 'h' sound and smooth means a lack of extra sound. These were not written during Koine Greek times and there is evidence that many/most did not distinguish these in pronunciation. A 'Ρ' (Rho), in the initial position, also taking a breathing sign, typically the rough. How precisely this altered pronunciation is not known.
: ''We also do not include accents here on '''WikiChristian''', since it would make searches extremely difficult, and also, because most browsers don't render them correctly.''