Buthian - with palatalization

This is a more recent variant of the Buthian pronunciation. It evolves all letters to their modern values, except for οι, υ and η, which it leaves with late Koine values. The rough breathing remains pronounced. This recent variant requires palatalization. All vowel and consonant lengths are ignored. It reasonably represents the pronunciation of Greek in the Byzantine period.
  • Letter IPA Name (English) Name (Greek) Example Word
    ̔
    Rough Breathing
    α
    Alpha
    ε
    Epsilon
    ι
    Iota
    ο
    Omicron
    υ
    Upsilon
    η
    Eta
    ω
    Omega
    β
    Beta
    μβ
    δ
    Delta
    νδ
    γ
    Gamma
    γγ
    κ
    Kappa
    γκ
    χ
    Chi
    γχ
    τ
    Tau
    θ
    Theta
    π
    Pi
    φ
    Phi
    ζ
    Zeta
    σ
    Sigma
    ρ
    Rho
    λ
    Lambda
    μ
    Mu
    ξ
    Xi
    ψ
    Psi
    ν
    Nu
    αυ
    ευ
    ου
    αι
    ει
    υι
    οι