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Chapter 11
Diary entries in Greek script
Greek transliteration:
α a ν n
β b ξ x
γ
g, j (“Major”)
ο o
δ d π p
ε e ρ r
ζ z σ, ς s
η
ê (long e, only in true Greek)
τ t
θ th υ u, v; υυ = w
ι
i, y, j (“Jane”)
φ ph, f
κ
k, c, sometimes sh
χ
ch (the letter pair, not the Greek sound)
λ l ψ —
μ m ω
ô (long o, only in one Latinized word)
Initial “h” is shown as in true Greek, by placing a “rough breathing” mark over the following vowel or diphthong—ἁδ = “had”—but this is often omitted. Note the spellings -νκ-, -νγ- (for -nk-, -ng-) where true Greek would use -γκ-, -γγ-.