1version 0.0 03/14/2002
2
3# Skeleton for Greek phonetic equivs
4#
5# 03/14/2002 Evripidis Papakostas <evris@source.gr>
6#
7# *******************************************************
8# Evripidis Papakostas phonetic rules for Greek
9# strict version
10# the following is a somehow strict phonetic ruleset
11# but Greek is completely phonetic as there are
12# rules for pronnouncing with unique way anything
13# that is written
14# and it does not narrow suggestions too much
15# *******************************************************
16
17# all the following double letters are pronounced as one
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51# alpha + (ypsilon or ypsilon tonos) becomes alpha + beta
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60# alpha + (ypsilon or ypsilon tonos) becomes alpha + phi
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66
67# alpha + (iota or iota tonos) becomes epsilon
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69
70# alpha is alpha
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73# epsilon + (ypsilon or ypsilon tonos) becomes epsilon + vita
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82# epsilon + (ypsilon or ypsilon tonos) becomes epsilon + phi
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88
89# epsilon + (iota or iota tonos) becomes iota
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91
92# epsilon is epsilon
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94
95
96# omikron + (iota or iota tonos) becomes iota
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98
99# omikron + (ypsilon or ypsilon tonos) becomes u
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101
102# omikron is omikron
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104
105# wmega becomes omikron
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107
108# ita becomes iota
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110
111# ypsilon + iota becomes iota
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113
114# ypsilon becomes iota
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116
117# iota is iota
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119
120# double ksi becomes ksi
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122
123# ksi + sigma becomes ksi
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125
126# ksi is ksi
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128
129# psi + psi becomes psi
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131
132# psi + sigma becomes psi
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134
135# psi is psi
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137
138
139# iota dialitika becomes iota
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141
142# ypsilon dialitika becomes I
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144
145# alpha tonos becomes alpha
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148# omikron tonos becomes omikron
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150
151# iota tonos becomes iota
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153
154# epsilon tonos becomes epsilon
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156
157# ypsilon tonos becomes ypsilon
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159
160# wmega tonos becomes omikron
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162
163# ita tonos becomes iota
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166# *******************************************************
167# Evripidis Papakostas phonetic rules for Greek
168# loose version
169# the following is a somehow loose phonetic ruleset
170# all vowels have been extinguished
171# it brings too many suggestions (personal opinion)
172# without really finding any good words that
173# the strict ruleset couldn't find
174# comment all of the above and uncomment the following
175# if you don't believe me...
176# *******************************************************
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273# finally if you feel like being much stricter you can go to the
274# greek.dat file and comment out the soundslike line
275# This will disable phonetic rulss completely
276