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Audio: Kalimera (Ka-li-MEH-ra) . Ena, duo, tria (EH-na, DHEE-o, TREE-a). Eucaristw (ef-kha-ri-STO).
A B G D E Z H Q I K L M N X O P R S T U F C Y W
a b g d e z h q i k l m n x o p r s,V t u f c y w
where V is used always at the end of a word. We show how each letter is called in Modern Greek, together with the usual letter in parentheses when transliterated into English:
AHLfa (a), VEEta (v), GHAHma (gh like in Scottish "lock"), DHELta (dh like in English "there"), Epsilon (e), ZEEta (z), EEta (i), THEEta (th), yeeOHta (i), KAPpa (k), LAMdha (l), MEE (m), NEE (n), KSEE (ks), OHmikron (o), PEE (p), ROH (r), SIGma (s), TAHF (t), EEpsilon (i), KHEE (ch), PSEE (ps) and ohMEHga (o).
In learning Classic or Hellenistic Greek, they are usually called in English:
Alpha (a), beta (b), gamma (g), delta (d), epsilon (e), zeta (z), eta (long e), theta (th), iota (i), kappa (k), lambda (l), mu (m), nu (n), xi (x), omicron (o), pi (p), rho (r or rh), sigma (s), tau (t), upsilon (y or u), phi (ph), chi (ch), psi (ps), and omega (long o).The Erasmian pronunciation, after the Dutch scholar Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) who was the editor of the first successful publication of the Christian Bible in Greek in 1516, is widely practised. It is a little different from the way they are pronounced in sience classes or in college fraternities.
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Greek by Computer
The Greek characters can be displayed using Netscape Navigator 4.x or Internet Explorer 4.x/5.x as:
ABCDE FGHIJ KLMNO PQRST UVWXY Z
abcde fghij klmno pqrst uvwxy z
when you write in the web page in HTML:
<font face="symbol" color="red">ABCDE FGHIJ KLMNO PQRST UVWXY Z</font><br>
<font face="symbol" color="green">abcde fghij klmno pqrst uvwxy z</font>
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The Reference
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Audio: Kalimera (カリメーラ) 。 Ena, duo, tria (エナ、ディーオ、トゥリーア)。 Eucaristw (アフハリストー)。
A B G D E Z H Q I K L M N X O P R S T U F C Y W
a b g d e z h q i k l m n x o p r s,V t u f c y w
ここで V は語の最後にある時に使われます。読み方と英語への転写(括弧内)は
AHLfa (a), VEEta (v), GHAHma (gh like in Scottish "lock"), DHELta (dh like in English "there"), Epsilon (e), ZEEta (z), EEta (i), THEHta (th), yeeOHta (i), KAPpa (k), LAMdha (l), MEE (m), NEE (n), KSEE (ks), OHmikron (o), PEE (p), ROH (r), SIGma (s), TAHF (t), EEpsilon (i), KHEE (ch), PSEE (ps), oMEHga (o).
古典ギリシャ語またはヘレニズム時代のギリシャ語を学ぶ際の、英語での呼び方も書いておきます:
Alpha (a), beta (b), gamma (g), delta (d), epsilon (e), zeta (z), eta (long e), theta (th), iota (i), kappa (k), lambda (l), mu (m), nu (n), xi (x), omicron (o), pi (p), rho (r, rh), sigma (s), tau (t), upsilon (y, u), phi (ph), chi (ch), psi (ps), omega (long o).エラスムス発音が広く使用されていて、これはギリシャ語聖書が1516年に始めて大量に印刷された時にその編集を行なったエラスムス(Desiderius Erasmus, 1466-1536)にちなんでいる。これは、理科の授業やアメリカの大学の学生友愛会の名称で使われている発音とは多少違います。
Shift-JISには、2バイト文字で次のギリシャ語文字(全角)が含まれています:
ΑΒΓΔΕ ΖΗΘΙΚ ΛΜΝΞΟ ΠΡΣΤΥ ΦΧΨΩ
αβγδε ζηθικ λμνξο πρστυ φχψω
WebページではHTMLで
<font face="symbol" color="red">ABCDE FGHIJ KLMNO PQRST UVWXY Z</font><br>
<font face="symbol" color="red">abcde fghij klmno pqrst uvwxy z</font>
と書けば、Netscape Navigator 4.xまたはInternet Explorer 4.x/5.x下では
ABCDE FGHIJ KLMNO PQRST UVWXY Z
abcde fghij klmno pqrst uvwxy z
とギリシャ語文字で表示されます。