Ancient Greek

Ch 2 - Greek Consonants

Θ

theta

“th”

Th

Dental

Aspirated

Τ

tau

“t”

T

Dental

Unvoiced

τ

tau

“t”

t

Dental

Unvoiced

Ν

nu

“n”

N

Dental

Nasal

Λ

lambda

“l”

L

Dental

Liquid

κ

kappa

“k”

c or k

Palatal

Unvoiced

ζ

zeta

“z”

z

Dental

Φ

phi

“f”

Ph

Labial

Aspirated

Μ

mu

“m”

M

Labial

Nasal

Ψ

psi

“ps”

Ps

+ σ

Κ

kappa

“k”

C or K

Palatal

Unvoiced

ξ

xi

“ks”

x

+ σ

δ

delta

“d”

d

Dental

Voiced

φ

phi

“f”

ph

Labial

Aspirated

γγ

ng

Palatal

Nasal

Γ

gamma

“g”

G

Palatal

Voiced

ρ

rho

“r”

r

Palatal

Liquid

Ρ

rho

“r”

R

Palatal

Liquid

(π β φ) + σ

ψ

Any Labial + σ

(κ γ χ) + σ

ξ

Any Palatal + σ

σ

sigma

“s”

s

+ σ

Δ

delta

“d”

D

Dental

Voiced

λ

lambda

“l”

l

Dental

Liquid

ν

nu

“n”

n

Dental

Nasal

π

pi

“p”

p

Labial

Unvoiced

Π

pi

“p”

P

Labial

Unvoiced

(τ δ θ) + σ

σ

Any Dental + σ

χ

chi

“kh”

ch or kh

Palatal

Aspirated

ς

sigma

“s”

s

+ σ

Σ

sigma

“s”

S

+ σ

μ

mu

“m”

m

Labial

Nasal

γ

gamma

“g”

g

Palatal

Voiced

Ξ

xi

“ks”

X

+ σ

Β

beta

“b”

B

Labial

Voiced

θ

theta

“th”

th

Dental

Aspirated

ψ

psi

“ps”

ps

+ σ

Ζ

zeta

“z”

Z

Dental

Χ

chi

“kh”

Ch or Kh

Palatal

Aspirated

β

beta

“b”

b

Labial

Voiced