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{{IPA key|H:IPA-EL|H:IPA-GRC}}

The charts below show how the [[International Phonetic Alphabet|International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)]] represents the[[Greek language|Greek]] pronunciations in Wikipedia articles, separated into [[Ancient Greek]] (AG) and [[Modern Greek]] (MG) pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. The Ancient Greek pronunciation shownpresented here is a [[linguistic reconstruction|reconstruction]] of the [[Attic Greek|Attic dialect]] in the 5th century BC. For otheralternative Ancient Greek dialects, such as [[Doric Greek|Doric]], [[Aeolic Greek|Aeolic]], or [[Koine Greek]], please use {{para|generic|yes}}. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see [[Template:IPA]] and {{section link|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation#Entering IPA characters}}.

See [[Ancient Greek phonology]] and [[Modern Greek phonology]] for a more thorough look at their sounds.

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| style="text-align: center;" | <big>{{IPA link|j}}</big>

| style="text-align: center;" | {{lang|el|ι}}

| style="background-color: darkgray" |

| {{lang|el|ε'''ἴ'''η}}<ref name="semivowel">In Ancient Greek, a diphthong before a vowel was realised as a vowel and a double semivowel sequence: {{IPA|[jj, ww]}}.</ref>

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| style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" | {{lang|el|ρ}}

| {{lang|el|ώ'''ρ'''α}}

| similar to American English au'''t'''umn or Scottish '''r'''ule<ref>ItIn Modern Greek, it is typically a tap {{IPAblink|ɾ̠}}, but may be an [[alveolar approximant]] {{IPAblink|ɹ}} between vowels, like English ''r'', and is usually a [[alveolar trill|trill]] {{IPAblink|r}} in clusters, trilled ''r'' like in [[Spanish language|Spanish]], with two or three short cycles {{harvcol|Arvaniti|2007|p=15}}.</ref>

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| style="text-align: center;" | <big>{{IPA link|r̥}}</big>

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| rowspan="2" | {{lang|el|μ'''ου'''}}

| similar to mp'''oo'''dl (long)

|-

| style="text-align: center;" | <big>{{IPA link|u}}</big>

| style="background-color: darkgray" |

| style="text-align: center;" | {{lang|el|ου}}

| p'''oo'''l (short)

|-

| style="text-align: center;" | <big>{{IPA link|y}}</big>

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| {{lang|grc|'''υἱ'''ός}}<ref name="iotacism" />

| No English equivalent

| '''Ye'''ast

|-

| style="text-align: center;" | <big>{{IPA|aːi̯}}</big>

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==See also==

*{{clc|Pages with Greek IPA|pages}}

*{{clc|Pages with Ancient Greek (to 1453) IPA|pages}}

==Notes==