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Attic greek pronunciation improper dipthongs.
α ε η ι ο υ and ω.
Greek has seven vowels.
A diphthong is a combination of two vowels that make one syllable.
The pronunciation of ancient greek is not known from direct observation but determined.
The diphthongs are pronounced.
The last three formed by writing ι under ᾱ η ω are called improper diphthongs.
There are proper and improper diphthongs.
Ancient greek phonology is the reconstructed phonology or pronunciation of ancient greek this article mostly deals with the pronunciation of the standard attic dialect of the fifth century bc used by plato and other classical greek writers and touches on other dialects spoken at the same time or earlier.
An iota subscript is a small iota written under the vowels α η or wω ᾳ ῃ ῳ and normally is the last letter in a word.
Ancient greek lesson 5 how to pronounce ancient greek diphthongs.
An improper diphthong is made up of a vowel and an iota subscript.
Vowels ε and o are always short η and ω are always long and α ι υ may be either short or long.
The dipthongs are αι αυ ει ευ οι ου ηυ υι ᾳ ῃ ῳ.
Pronunciation was shifting during this period and shifted further over the following.
In this post there are examples on the pronunciation of the diphthongs ει οι and αι.
Their second vowel is called iota subscript.
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A dipthong is a combination of two vowel sounds in a single syllable.
Pronunciation posted by ourania on jul 5 2017 in pronunciation vocabulary some learners find it difficult to pronounce the greek diphthongs.
This iota has no effect on the pronunciation but is essential for translation so pay close attention to it.
In classical attic this was a single sound monophthong written with two letters digraph in some words this long vowel derived from a true diphthong always spelled ου in the old attic alphabet genuine diphthong.
Letters upper and lower case greek letters are shown if you have a graphical browser followed by beta code transcription and the name of the letter diphthongs are pronounced by slurring together the individual vowel sounds except as noted below.
In some other words this vowel resulted from the process of contraction as in the genitive ending ους from εος or compensatory lengthening as in the.
This iota has no effect on the pronunciation but is essential for translation so pay close attention to it.
An iota subscript is a small iota written under the vowels α η or ω ᾳ ῃ ῳ and normally is the last letter in a word.
