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Sound Code
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Foreign Letters
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Pronunciation Guide
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Syllable
separator
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A.
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α
| ά
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‘a’
pronounced fAther, not mAt
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B
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μπ
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‘b’
as in Bat
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D
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ντ
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‘d’
as in Dog
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EE!
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η
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‘ee’
like fEEt but shortened
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EE!
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ι
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As
above
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EE!
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ει
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Two
letters representing EE!
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EE!
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οί
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Two
letters representing EE!
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EH!
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αί
| αι
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Two
letters representing EH! (see below)
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EH!
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έ
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Sounds
like 'air' but shortened
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GY
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γ
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GRA?
Sound but with no ‘R’ - tricky
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H
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χ
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H
for harry (slightly stronger, more air in H sound)
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K
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κ
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‘k’
as in Kite
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L
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λ
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‘l’
as in Luck
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M
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μ
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‘m’
as in Mat
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N
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ν
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‘n’
as in Nap
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O.
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ο
| ό
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‘o’
as in orange not go.
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O.
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ω
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As
above
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OO!
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ου
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Like
bOOk but shorter
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P
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π
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‘p’
as in Peter
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PS
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ψ
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say
psssss, but very short
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R
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ρ
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Rolling
r sound
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S
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σ
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‘s’
for Soup
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S
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ς$
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This
S sound but only ever appears at the end, hence the $ pattern
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T
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τ
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‘t’
as in Tiger
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THa.
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θ
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The
'th' sound in 'think', or perhaps 'that'
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THe.
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δ
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Like
th in 'thee' – not hard ‘t’ as in tea
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TS
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τσ
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Say
tssssss but very short
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V
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β
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‘v’
for Van (not ‘b’ for Beta)
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