* 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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