Λεξιλόγιο (Vocabulary)
The Greek word for ‘vocabulary’ is λεξιλόγιο. It’s related to English words like ‘lexicographer’ (one who studies words) or ‘dyslexia’ (difficulty with words). Around 5% of all English words come…
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Φωνητική (Phonetics) – Combinations
There are two types of letter combinations in Greek – digraphs and dipthongs. Digraphs The word ‘digraph’ comes from the Ancient Greek δι (di, two) + γράφω (grapho, write). It…
Φωνητική (Phonetics) – Vowels
Modern Greek has five vowel sounds – a, e, i, o, u. But there are more than five ways to represent these sounds in writing. Let’s take a look at…
Φωνητική (Phonetics) – Consonants
Like alphabet, ‘phonetics’ is another word with Greek roots. Similar to telephone (distance-voice), megaphone (large-voice), or phonology (voice-study), ‘phonetics’ refers to sound and voice, specifically, the sounds of spoken language.…
Το αλφάβητο (The alphabet)
The Greek alphabet consists of 24 letters. You might be familiar with some of the Ancient Greek names of letters, like ‘alpha‘ and ‘beta’. In fact, that’s where the English…