Polis Institute Erasmian

This is a version of the Erasmian pronunciation modified to be easier for native English speakers to pronounce while still being more authentic and consistent than the US Conventional pronunciation. It fricativizes the aspirates, but does not palatalize them. It eliminates geminates and uses a stress accent, like US Conventional. This pronunciation claims to be accurate to the early Koine 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