Greek Alphabet Charts
























Diphthongs
































ai
ei
oi
uee
ow
oo
e+u
ē+u
alpha
beta
gamma
delta
epsilon
zeta
eta
theta
iota
kappa
lambda
mu (moo)
nu (noo)
xi (ksee)
omicron
pi (pee)
rho
sigma
tau
upsilon
phi (phee)
chi (khee)
psi (psee)
omega
aisle
neighbor
oil
queen
cow
food
met+rude (~feud)
obey+rude
Punctuation
Comma, period: Same as in English
Raised dot () = Colon or Semicolon
Semicolon () in Greek = Question mark
Syllables
Ultima
Penult
Antepenult
last
next to last
third from last
a
b
g
d
e
z
ē
th
i
k
l
m
n
x
o
p
r, rh
s
t
u, y
ph
ch/kh
ps
ō
father
big
God /  = ng (angle) /  = nk (ankle)
door
met
zeal or kudzu
obey
thing
pit or police
keep
law
mother
number
fox
not [Note: o-micron = small o]
poor
rod, rhythm
save [the form  occurs only at end of word]
time
French u or German ü
phone
German ich
tipsy
vote [Note: o-mega = big o]
Breathing Marks
 smooth
 rough (h)
 = a;  = ĕn
 = ha;  = hĕn
Accents

῀ or 

acute
circumflex
grave
Combinations of Accents & Breathings
, or ἆ,  /  or ἇ  / Ἂ Ἆ Ἃ
Iota Subscript
Only with 3 vowels:   
Has no effect on pronunciation
Diaeresis (dee-eye-re-sis)
Keeps 2 vowels separate ()
Examples: =  (Isaiah)
 =  (Cain)
Elision — apostrophe () marks an omitted letter