Pontic Greek - Pontic Alphabets

Pontic Alphabets

Pontic in Greece is written in historical Greek orthography, with diacritics: σ̌ ζ̌ ξ̌ ψ̌ for /ʃ ʒ kʃ pʃ/, α̈ ο̈ for (phonological /ia io/). Pontic in Turkey is written in Latin script following Turkish conventions, and Pontic in Russia is written in Cyrillic. In early Soviet times, Pontic was written in the Greek script phonetically, as shown below, using digraphs instead of diacritics; were written out as ια, ιο.

Greek
alphabet		 Turkish
alphabet		 Russian
alphabet		 IPA Example
Α α A a А а ρομεικα, romeyika, ромейика
Β β V v В в κατιβενο, kativeno, кативено
Γ γ Ğ ğ Г г γανεβο, ğanevo, ганево
Δ δ DH dh Д д δοντι, dhonti, донти
Ε ε E e Е е εγαπεςα, eğapesa, егапеса
Ζ ζ Z z З з ζαντος, zantos, зантос
ΖΖ ζζ J j Ж ж πυρζζυας, burjuvas, буржуас
Θ θ TH th С с, Ф ф, Т т θεκο, theko, теко
Ι ι İ i И и τοςπιτοπον, tospitopon, тоспитопон
Κ κ K k К к καλατζεμαν, kalaceman, калачеман
Λ λ L l Л л λαλια, lalia, лалиа
Μ μ M m М м μανα, mana, мана
Ν ν N n Н н ολιγον, oliğоn, олигон
Ο ο O o О о τεμετερον, temeteron, теметерон
Π π P p П п εγαπεςα, eğapesa, егапеса
Ρ ρ R r Р р ρομεικα, romeyika, ромейка
Σ ς S s С с καλατζεπςον, kalacepson, калачепсон
ΣΣ ςς Ş ş Ш ш ςςερι, şeri, шери
Τ τ T t Т т νοςτιμεςα, nostimesa, ностимеса
ΤΖ τζ C c Ч ч καλατζεμαν, kalaceman, калачеман
ΤΣ τς Ç ç Ц ц μανιτςα, maniça, маница
Υ υ U u У у νυς, nus, нус
Φ φ F f Ф ф εμορφα, emorfa, эморфа
Χ χ H, KH (sert H) Х х χαςον, hason, хасон

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