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→Diphthongs and ι-subscripts
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! ΑΙ
| like ε, 'e' as in get
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! ΕΙ
| like ι, 'ee' as in tree (not identical to 'Η''''*''')
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! ΟΙ
| like Υ, French 'u' German 'ue', rounded 'i'
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! ΑΥ
| approximately 'av' '''**'''
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! ΟΥ
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! ΕΥ
| approximately 'ev''''**'''
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: '''*''' There is abundant evidence to suggest that is was pronounced 'ευi' (as in "spaghetti"). This entered the language shortly after the time of Alexander the Great and is seen everywhere in papyri, inscriptions and in ALL NT manuscripts, even from the earliest papyri like p52. This is both hard why Westcott and Hort spelled some famous names like Δαυειδ and Πειλατος, such were the spellings in the old manuscripts. : '''**''' '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 writing after the 4th century BCE.
