Greek alphabet Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Digraphs and letter combinations === Several letter combinations have special conventional sound values different from those of their single components. Among them are several [[digraph (orthography)|digraphs]] of vowel letters that formerly represented [[diphthong]]s but are now monophthongized. In addition to the four mentioned above ({{angbr|{{lang|el|ει}}, οι, υι}}, pronounced {{IPA|/i/}} and {{angbr|{{lang|el|αι}}}}, pronounced {{IPA|/e/}}), there is also {{angbr|{{lang|el|ηι, ωι}}}}, and {{angbr|{{lang|el|ου}}}}, pronounced {{IPA|/u/}}. The Ancient Greek diphthongs {{angbr|{{lang|el|αυ}}}}, {{angbr|{{lang|el|ευ}}}} and {{angbr|{{lang|el|ηυ}}}} are pronounced {{IPA|[av]}}, {{IPA|[ev]}} and {{IPA|[iv]}} in Modern Greek. In some environments, they are devoiced to {{IPA|[af]}}, {{IPA|[ef]}} and {{IPA|[if]}} respectively.<ref>Additionally, the more ancient combination {{angbr|{{lang|el|ωυ}}}} or {{angbr|{{lang|el|ωϋ}}}} can occur in ancient especially in [[Ionic Greek|Ionic]] texts or in personal names.</ref> The Modern Greek consonant combinations {{angbr|{{lang|el|μπ}}}} and {{angbr|{{lang|el|ντ}}}} stand for {{IPA|[b]}} and {{IPA|[d]}} (or {{IPA|[mb]}} and {{IPA|[nd]}}) respectively; {{angbr|{{lang|el|τζ}}}} stands for {{IPA|[d͡z]}} and {{angbr|{{lang|el|τσ}}}} stands for {{IPA|[t͡s]}}. In addition, both in Ancient and Modern Greek, the letter {{angbr|{{lang|el|γ}}}}, before another [[velar consonant]], stands for the [[velar nasal]] {{IPA|[ŋ]}}; thus {{angbr|{{lang|el|γγ}}}} and {{angbr|{{lang|el|γκ}}}} are pronounced like English {{angbr|ng}} like in the word finger (not like in the word thing). In analogy to {{angbr|{{lang|el|μπ}}}} and {{angbr|{{lang|el|ντ}}}}, {{angbr|{{lang|el|γκ}}}} is also used to stand for {{IPA|[g]}}. There are also the combinations {{angbr|{{lang|el|γχ}}}} and {{angbr|{{lang|el|γξ}}}}. {| class="wikitable" |- !Combination !Pronunciation !Devoiced pronunciation |- |{{angbr|{{lang|el|ου}}}} |{{IPAblink|u}} |– |- |{{angbr|{{lang|el|αυ}}}} |{{IPA|[av]}} |{{IPA|[af]}} |- |{{angbr|{{lang|el|ευ}}}} |{{IPA|[ev]}} |{{IPA|[ef]}} |- |{{angbr|{{lang|el|ηυ}}}} |{{IPA|[iv]}} |{{IPA|[if]}} |- |{{angbr|{{lang|el|μπ}}}} |{{IPA|[b]}} or {{IPA|[mb]}} |– |- |{{angbr|{{lang|el|ντ}}}} |{{IPA|[d]}} or {{IPA|[nd]}} |– |- |{{angbr|{{lang|el|γκ}}}} and {{angbr|{{lang|el|γγ}}}} |{{IPA|[ɡ]}} or [ŋɡ] |– |- |{{angbr|{{lang|el|τζ}}}} |{{IPAblink|d͡z}} |– |- |{{angbr|{{lang|el|τσ}}}} |{{IPAblink|t͡s}} |– |- |{{angbr|{{lang|el|γ}}}} in {{angbr|{{lang|el|γχ}}}} and {{angbr|{{lang|el|γξ}}}} |{{IPAblink|ŋ}} |– |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page