[B-Greek] Changing Pronunciation

Eric S. Weiss papaweiss1 at yahoo.com
Mon Mar 14 07:58:06 EDT 2011


Randall Buth's Website is now http://www.biblicallanguagecenter.com/

Buth's Phonemic Koinê differs from Modern Greek in only 3 ways, IIRC: 
H êta is pronounced as "ay" instead of "ee" (Modern)
U upsilon is pronounced as French u instead of "ee" (Modern)
OI omicron-iota is pronounced as French u instead of "ee" (Modern)

I made the change several years ago, and haven't looked back. Granted, 
the distinct vowel and diphthong sounds and rough breathing in Erasmian 
make vocabulary differentiation and acquisition somewhat easier, but 
Phonetic Koinê and/or Modern Greek to me are more euphonious and 
flow more smoothly when listening or reading aloud. 

I have the Living Koinê materials and am using them to prepare for an 8-day 
fluency workshop I'm attending this summer under Dr. Buth's program. 


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Eric S. Weiss 



      



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