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Ancient Greek Alphabet with Transliteration
For beginning Ancient Greek students, welcome to the alphabet.
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07/12/2010

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Alpha

 

a as in father

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Beta

 

b as in boat

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Gamma

 

g as in get, but n as in sing before

gamma, kappa, xi, or chi

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Delta

 

d as in dog

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E-psilon

 

e as in set

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Zeta

 

sd as in wisdom

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Eta

 

e as in set, but held longer

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Theta

 

aspirated t as in top, but not stop

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Iota

 

short: i as in it

long: ee as in meet

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Kappa

 

unaspirated ck as in nickle,

not k as in kite (aspirated)

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Lambda

 

l as in light

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Mu

 

m as in mouse

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Nu

 

n as in nose

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Xi

 

ks as in kicks,

x as in ax

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O-micron

 

o as in tote or boat

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Pi

 

unaspirated p as in sap

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Rho

 

a trilled or rolled rr,

like a Spanish rr

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Sigma

 

s as in sister, but before

beta, delta, gamma, and mu

is z as in zoo

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Tau

 

unaspirated t as in stop

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U-psilon

 

short: like the u in French tu

long: same sound but longer

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Phi

 

aspirated p as in pot

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Chi

 

aspirated k as in kit

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Psi

 

ps as in lips

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