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The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents the Ancient Greek (AG) and Modern Greek (MG) pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. The Ancient Greek pronunciation shown here is a reconstruction of the Attic dialect in the 5th century BC. For other Ancient Greek dialects, such as Doric, Aeolic, or Koine Greek, please use |generic=yes. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Ancient Greek phonology and Modern Greek phonology for a more thorough look at their sounds.

Consonants[1]
IPAAGMGExampleEnglish approximation
cκκιόλας[2]skew
kκ, ξκατά, ξένος[3][2]scar
χχάρτης[2]car
xχScottish English loch, German Bach
çχέρι[2]hue
jιεη[4]toy yacht
ʝγγη[2]similar to yes
ɣγάλα[2]Spanish amigo
ɡγagain
γκ
γγ
εγκώμιο[2][5]
ɟάγγελος[2][5]argue
pπ, ψπέτρα, ψυχή[3]spy
φφωςpaint
fφfour
vβ, υ[6]βέλοςvet
bβabout
μπμπαμπάς[5]
wυπαύω[4]well
tττάφοςstay
θθεόςtake
θθthought
ðδδούληthe
dδtoday
ντεντάξει[5]
h῾◌ρως[7]hat
lλλόγοςlook
ʎλελιάmillion
mμμοίραmole
nνναιno
ɲννιότηonion
ŋγάγχοςsing
rρώραsimilar to American English autumn or Scottish rule[8]
ίζαsimilar to train
sσ, ς
ξ, ψ
σοφός, ψυχή, ξένος[3]between sip and ship (retracted)
zζ, σκόσμος, ζωή[3]between zone and genre (retracted)
t͡sτστσάιbetween cats and catch (retracted)
d͡zζτζτζάκιbetween buds and budge (retracted)
Dialectal segments
IPAEnglish approximation
ʃship
ɕ
ʒgenre
ʑ
t͡ʃcatch
t͡ɕ
d͡ʒbudge
d͡ʑ
æcat
IPAExplanation
◌ːmarks a consonant produced twice as long[1]
Vowels
Monophthongs
IPAAGMGExampleEnglish approximation
aαάρτοςAustralian English father
χώρfather
ɛːηψυχή[9]bed
eε[10]θεόςbet
ειεἰμί[9][11]similar to bay but without the glide
iι[9]ίδιοςlike neat
πίνω[9]like need
ɔːωἐγώ[10]talk (Irish or South African English)
oωsimilar to chore (American English)
ο[10]οδός
ουμουsimilar to mood
uουpool
yφύσις[9]similar to few, French tu
ψυχή[9]similar to fume, French juge
Diphthongs[4]
IPAAGMGExampleEnglish approximation
ai̯αιαἴτιος, πάλαι, ψῡχαί[10]tie
αϊ[12]γαϊδούρι
au̯αυαὐτός[6]how
αουΝικολάου
ei̯ειεἴη[9]hey
έι[13]
eu̯ευεὖ[6]Italian and Spanish neutro
εουΘέουτα
oi̯οιοἶδα, λόγοι[9]toy
όι[14]κορόιδο
yi̯υιυἱός[9]Yeast
aːi̯δω, χώρ[15]No English equivalent
ɛːi̯ς, ψυχ[9][15]No English equivalent
ɔːi̯δή, λόγ[15]No English equivalent
Suprasegmentals
IPA[16]AGMGExampleExplanation
◌́´γάλα ála]high tone
◌̌´ἐγώ [eɡɔ̌ː]rising tone
`μν [men]mid tone
◌̂γ ɛ̂ː]falling tone
ˈ΄άλλος [ˈa.los]stress
.syllable break

Notes

References

  • Arvaniti, Amalia (2007). "Greek Phonetics: The State of the Art". Journal of Greek Linguistics. 8 (1): 97–208. doi:10.1075/jgl.8.08arv.

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