Greek prounciation - Early High Koine

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These are my notes from the Biblingo app - take with a grain of salt, as I may have made mistakes.

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Greek Alphabet

Letter Name	Lower/Capital	Transliteration	IPA
Alpha	α/Α	a	/a/
Beta	β/Β	b	/b/
Gamma	γ/Γ	g	/g/
Delta	δ/Δ	d	/d/
Epsilon	ε/Ε	e	/ε/
Zeta	ζ/Ζ	z	/zd/
Eta	η/Η	ē	/ε:/
Theta	θ/Θ	th	/θ/
Iota	ι/Ι	i	/i/
Kappa	κ/Κ	k	/k/
Lambda	λ/Λ	l	/l/
Mu	μ/Μ	m	/m/
Nu	ν/Ν	n	/n/
Xi	ξ/Ξ	x	/ks/
Omicron	ο/Ο	o	/o/
Pi	π/Π	p	/p/
Rho	ρ/Ρ	r	/r/, /r̥/
Sigma	σ/Σ/ς	s	/s/
Tau	τ/Τ	t	/t/
Upsilon	υ/Υ	y	/y/
Phi	φ/Φ	ph	/f/
Chi	χ/Χ	ch	/x/
Psi	ψ/Ψ	ps	/ps/
Omega	ω/Ω	ō	/o:/

Dipthongs and subscripts

Name	Written as	Transliteration	IPA
Diphthong (ei)	ει	ei	/ēī/
Diphthong (oi)	οι	oi	/oi/
Diphthong (eu)	ευ	eu	/εū/
Diphthong (ai)	αι	ai	/ai/
Diphthong (ou)	ου	ou	/u:/
Diphthong (au)	αυ	au	/au/
Diphthong (ui)	υι	ui	/yi/
Diphthong (ēu)	ηυ	ēu	/εv/
Gamma (nasal) + γ	γγ	ng	/ŋg/
Gamma (nasal) + κ	γκ	nk	/ŋk/
Gamma (nasal) + ξ	γξ	nx	/ŋks/
Gamma (nasal) + χ	γχ	nch	/ŋx/
Alpha w/ iota subscript	ᾳ	a	/a/
Eta w/ iota subscript	ῃ	ē	/ε:/
Omega w/ iota subscript	ῳ	ō	/o:/

Markings

Name	Written as	Effect
Acute (accent)	ά	stress this syllable
Grave (accent)	ὰ
Circumflex (accent)	ᾶ	rising-then-falling pitch
Rough breathing mark	ἁ	initial h sound
Smooth breathing mark	ἀ	NO initial h sound
Diaeresis	ϋ	no diphthong; separate vowels