Historical Greek Pronunciation

Question 1

β is pronounced like

Answer 1

‘v’

IPA /β/

Question 2

γ is pronounced like

Answer 2

‘y’ before ‘e’ and ‘i’ (front vowels)
IPA /ʝ/

‘g’ (velar fricative) elsewhere
IPA /γ/

Question 3

δ is pronounced like

Answer 3

‘th’ (voiced interdental fricative)

IPA /ð/

Question 4

μπ is pronounced like

Answer 4

‘mb’

IPA /mb/

Question 5

ντ is pronounced like

Answer 5

‘nd’

IPA /nd/

Question 6

α is pronounced like

Answer 6

‘a’ in ‘father’

IPA /a/

Question 7

ε is pronounced like

Answer 7

‘e’ in ‘bet’

IPA /e/

Question 8

ι is pronounced like

Answer 8

in between ‘did’ and ‘see’

IPA /i/

Question 9

o is pronounced like

Answer 9

‘o’ in ‘dog’ with closed ‘o’

IPA /o/

Question 10

η is pronounced like

Answer 10

in between ‘did’ and ‘see’

IPA /e̝/ (raised)

Question 11

υ is pronounced like

Answer 11

in between ‘did’ and ‘see’

IPA /y/

Question 12

ω is pronounced like

Answer 12

‘o’ in ‘dog’

IPA /o/

Question 13

αι is pronounced like

Answer 13

‘e’ in ‘bet’

IPA /e/

Question 14

ει is pronounced like

Answer 14

in between ‘did’ and ‘see’

IPA /i/

Question 15

οι is pronounced like

Answer 15

in between ‘did’ and ‘see’

IPA /y/

Question 16

υι is pronounced like

Answer 16

in between ‘did’ and ‘see’

IPA /y/

Question 17

ου is pronounced like

Answer 17

‘oo’ in ‘look’

IPA /u/

Question 18

αυ is pronounced like

Answer 18

‘av’ before vowels and γ, δ, λ, μ, ω, ρ (voiced consonants)
‘af’ before other consonants

IPA /aɸʷ aβʷ/

Question 19

ευ is pronounced like

Answer 19

‘ev’ before vowels and γ, δ, λ, μ, ω, ρ (voiced consonants)
‘ef’ before other consonants

IPA /εɸʷ εβʷ/

Question 20

ηυ is pronounced like

Answer 20

‘iv’ before vowels and γ, δ, λ, μ, ω, ρ (voiced consonants)
‘if’ before other consonants

IPA /e̝ɸʷ e̝βʷ/