Phonetic symbols in Greek
There are 31 distinct sounds in Greek. These are much less than the sounds of the English language (more than 50). In order to represent the right pronunciation of Greek words, we will use a set of 31 phonetic symbols :
| Symbol | Example |
|---|
| a | father |
| e | bet |
| i | teen |
| o | thought |
| u | push |
| | |
| b | sob |
| bh | volley |
| d | mad |
| dh | that |
| g | bag |
| g' | spaghetti (It.) |
| gh | fuego (Eur. Sp.) |
| gh' | year |
| k | trick |
| k' | que (Sp.) |
| kh | Bach(Ger.) |
| kh' | Houston |
| l | ball |
| l' | migliori (It.) |
| m | map |
| n | man |
| n' | lasagna (It.) |
| p | mop |
| ph | cuff |
| r | corazon (Sp.) |
| s | speak |
| t | bat |
| th | thesis |
| z | zoo |
| ts | lots |
| dz | dads |
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