Four Major Conventions of Greek Pronunciation

Greek Letters	Erasmian Pronunciation	Historic Attic Pronunciation	Historic Biblical Pronunciation	Modern Pronunciation
	a: father	same	same	same
	b: boy	b: mob	v but only using the lips	v
	g: got1	same	y: year or g in a gurgle sound	same
1 When gamma precedes kappa, chi, or another gamma it has a nasal sound like ng.
	d	same	th: this	same
	e: get	same	same	same
	dz	same	same	same
	a: late	e: French fete	i: ski	same
	th	t-h: tarnation	th: moth	same
	i: pit (if short) i: ski (if long)	i: ski (always)	same	same
	k: kite	k: pick	same	same
	l	same	same	same
	m	same	same	same
	n	same	same	same
	x	same	same	same
	o: obey	quicker than o in or	same	same
	p: pick	p: skip (less aspiration)	same	same
	r	Scottish r	French or German r	same
	s	same	same	same
	t	same	same	same
	French u	same	same	i as in ski
	ph as in phone	p-h as in tip-him	ph as in phone	same
	German ch	k-h	h or German ch (which differs with following vowels)	same
	ps	same	same	same
	o: note	aw: saw	o: or	same
Diphthongs	Erasmian Pronunciation	Historic Attic Pronunciation	Historic Biblical Pronunciation	Modern Pronunciation
	ai as in aisle	same	e as in pet or ai as in air	same
	a as in fate	same	ei as in receive	same
	oi as in oil	same	i as in ski	same
	ow in cow	same	av as in Ave Maria2	same
2 When this diphthong precedes an aspirated letter like t it will sound af instead of av.
	eu in feud	same	ev as in ever3	same
3 When this diphthong precedes an aspirated letter like t it will sound ef instead of ev.
	like ou in soup	same	same	same