Greek

NOTE: Owing to typographical limitations we cannot currently display Greek orthography here. Instead, we identify each word by giving an English gloss.

Unicode version, with Greek orthography

Vowels

	i, e, a, o, u		(see examples below)

Consonants
plosives

	Symbol		Word		Transcription
	p		I drink		"pino
	b		I can		bo"ro
	t		then		"tote
	d		I dress		"dino
	k		I do		"kano
	g		I throw down	gre"mizo

affricates

	ts		pocket		"tsepi
	dz		freeloader	dzaba"dzis

fricatives

	f		I depart	"fevGo
	v		evening		"vraDi
	T		I want		"Telo
	D		route		"Dromos
	s		house		"spiti
	z		heat		"zesti
	x		time		"xronos
	G		milk		"Gala

nasals

	m		I speak		mi"lo
	n		water		ne"ro
			cucumber	an"guri	([N] = allophone of /n/)

liquids

	l		flower		lu"luDi
	r		clothes		"ruxa

semivowel

	j		I read		Dja"vazo

(palatals)

	c		and		ce
			I sleep		ci"mame
			I frighten	"scazo
	gj		angel		"angjelos
			bad luck	"gjinja
			screech-owl	"gjonis
	C		hand		"Ceri
			winter		Ci"monas
			snow		"Coni
	jj		old man		"jjeros
			circle		"jjiros
			son		jjos

(connected speech phenomena)

			it doesn't matter	De bi"razi
			my son			o "jjoz mu

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