Greek Alphabet Charts

  alpha a father
  beta b big
  gamma g God /  = ng (angle) /  = nk (ankle)
  delta d door
  epsilon e met
  zeta z zeal or kudzu
  eta ē obey
  theta th thing
  iota i pit or police
  kappa k keep
  lambda l law
  mu (moo) m mother
  nu (noo) n number
  xi (ksee) x fox
  omicron o not [Note: o-micron = small o]
  pi (pee) p poor
  rho r, rh rod, rhythm
  sigma s save [the form  occurs only at end of word]
  tau t time
  upsilon u, y French u or German ü
  phi (phee) ph phone
  chi (khee) ch/kh German ich
  psi (psee) ps tipsy
  omega ō vote [Note: o-mega = big o]

Diphthongs Breathing Marks

 ai aisle  smooth  = a;  = ĕn
 ei neighbor  rough (h)  = ha;  = hĕn
 oi oil
 uee queen Accents
 ow cow  acute
 oo food ῀ or  circumflex
 e+u met+rude (~feud)  grave
 ē+u obey+rude
Combinations of Accents & Breathings
Punctuation , or ἆ,  /  or ἇ  / Ἂ Ἆ Ἃ
Comma, period: Same as in English
Raised dot () = Colon or Semicolon Iota Subscript
Semicolon () in Greek = Question mark Only with 3 vowels:   
Has no effect on pronunciation
Syllables
Ultima last Diaeresis (dee-eye-re-sis)
Penult next to last Keeps 2 vowels separate ()
Antepenult third from last Examples: =  (Isaiah)
 =  (Cain)

Elision — apostrophe () marks an omitted letter