Greek

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Vowels

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

Consonants
plosives

Symbol		Gloss		Transcription	Orthography
p		I drink		"pino		πίνω
b		I can		bo"ro		μπορώ
t		then		"tote		τότε
d		I dress		"dino		ντύνω
k		I do		"kano		κάνω
g		I throw down	gre"mizo	γκρεμίζω

ts		pocket		"tsepi		τσέπη
dz		freeloader	dzaba"dzis	τζαμπατζής

f		I depart	"fevGo		φεύγω
v		evening		"vraDi		βράδυ
T		I want		"Telo		θέλω
D		route		"Dromos		δρόμος
s		house		"spiti		σπίτι
z		heat		"zesti		ζέστη
x		time		"xronos		χρόνος
G		milk		"Gala		γάλα

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

l		flower		lu"luDi		λουλούδι
r		clothes		"ruxa		ρούχα

j		I read		Dja"vazo	διαβάζω

c		and		ce		καί
		I sleep		ci"mame		κοιμάμαι
		I frighten	"scazo		σκιάζω
gj		angel		"angjelos	άγγελος
		bad luck	"gjinja		γκίνια
		screech-owl	"gjonis		γκιώνης
C		hand		"Ceri		χέρι
		winter		Ci"monas	χειμώνας
		snow		"Coni		χιόνι
jj		old man		"jjeros		γέρος
		circle		"jjiros		γύρος
		son		jjos		γιός

	it doesn't matter	De bi"razi	δέν πειράζει
	my son			o "jjoz mu	ο γιός μου

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Maintained by J.C. Wells. Created 1995 09 20. Converted to Unicode 1998 04 28