Greek Alphabet | Do You Know How To Pronounce It?

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Do you know about Greek alphabet?
How do they call and how do they pronounce?
Is it same as English?
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[@juliaastarina8763]

Amazing how Greek words and letters actually have massive influence in many fields, yet it's not really a popular language to learn for most people.

[@stathispap8291]

It was twice the most spoken language in the world so it has to make huge influence as Greece is also the Cradle of Western civilization

[@melinasaranti4966]

It used to be very widely spoken, especially in its ancient form, but now only people whose families speak greek learn it. Sometimes even university students and professors do as well, for example i know what in South Korea, some students learn about Homer and are taught greek to help them with their education. It must be said that Greek is also very hard to learn, not as hard as japanese or korean, but still hard af.

[@spiritusIRATUS]

Its totally useless to learn, it's only spoken in Greece and Cyprus, two basically insignificant countries, has not sister languages you can learn afterwards, no business value and it's super hard to pronounce unless you're Spanish or maybe African.. it has a lot of open sounds which are horror for English, German or Russian speakers and soft consonants which are hard for Arabic or Chinese speakers. P.S I am Greek

[@stsiap38]

Guess what I know greek because I am Greek

[@z.a.1237]

Because the greek that has a lot of influence in many fields Is the ancient greek and not the current one. It Is like saying why nobody study italian since latin words are found in many fields ? PS : i am italian and i studied ancient greek.

[@alime6574]

I adore everything Greek , the language , the food , the nature , the culture , even there mythology ❤️

[@hariszark7396]

We thank you. 👍👍😀

[@MissSoraYun]

Thank you!❤

[@yagirleve]

Thanks

[@katerinaa10_9]

Aww thank u so much

[@alime6574]

Thank you all for being so kind ❤️ Would love to visit your country one day 🥰

[@Noah_ol11]

I see a lot of influence from the Greek language in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and especially history, even the Bible had Greek influence (the biblical New Testament was originally Greek while the Old Testament was in Aramaic).

[@Alex-sq7dx]

Old Testament was Borg in Hebrew and Aramaic

[@67claudius]

Probably because at the time of the New Testament the lingua franca of the eastern part of the Roman Empire was Greek

[@jimgorycki4013]

The evolution of the alphabet is symbol (like a bull), Hebrew aleph, Greek alpha, a.

[@bobeczek01]

The first translations of the Original Hebrew/Arameic Bible were Septuaginta and Vulgata . It wasn't written in Greek it was translated so more people in Europe could access it and then the Latin Bible was used for centuries.

[@afjo972]

Greek words are always the ugliest words

[@oliverfa08]

Finally a video with focus on greek language , although i don't know that much i've been interested for a long time , since greek influenced many other languages in the world

[@savvasavraam8670]

Fun fact: the Latin alphabet is also Greek in origin, taken to the Italian peninsula by Greek colonies. In the Greek city-states of antiquity there were many alphabets. Until in the 5th century BC in Athens, all alphabets were brought together and unified into one, the one we have today, minus 4 letters which were removed in the era of the Roman Empire.

[@hariszark7396]

The "latin" alphabet comes from the Chalcidian alphabet. ☺

[@grechka7]

@@hariszark7396😂😂😂

[@hariszark7396]

@@grechka7 Where is the joke my friend?

[@binxbolling]

​@@hariszark7396Which came from Greece.

[@hariszark7396]

@@binxbolling That's what I said.

[@chiaraferlito]

The italian girl should’ve said that in italy there’s a type of highschool where we study ancient greek, but even if she didn’t study it, she should’ve been able to know many more letters since it’s common knowledge here and also used for math

[@grifter25]

They are acting

[@ilefab4545]

Infatti mi stupisco che non abbia saputo neppure la ypsilon . Un minimo di superiori e almeno 5 le riconoscevi

[@ItalianMaps]

Tranquilli che il 98% delle persone non lo sa. Allo scientifico conosciamo al massimo alfa beta e gamma per gli angoli. (Poi non so se se ne fanno altre al quinto anno che sto al quarto) ne so un paio in piu per cultura personale ma quasi nessuno le sa

[@icoborg]

@@ItalianMaps ma che cagate vai dicendo....figurati se non si conosce la ypsilon allo scientifico.

[@amythelebanese]

@@icoborghai ragione io faccio lo scientifico d praticamente tra fisica e matematica ormai l abbiamo quasi finito L alfabeto greco

[@danart3._e]

Im so happy to see the Greek language on KZbin!

[@giuliamoraschetti8301]

Never studied Greek, but I got most of them right cause of all the letters I found during my scientific studies. Also yes, as Italian I can say we have a lot of words coming from Latin and Greek

[@Biskotakinakerasw]

Greek alphabet: Α,Β,Γ,Δ,Ε,Ζ,Η,Θ,Ι,Κ,Λ,Μ,Ν,Ξ,Ο,Π,Ρ,Σ,Τ,Υ,Φ,Χ,Ψ,Ω

[@legen932]

Νο σήμερα είναι 18 Νοεμβρίου i from an grece

[@KotrokoranaMavokely]

Italian & Latin alphabet & idiom was based in old and classic Greek alphabet and idiom and all neolatin romanic Langs, slavics, Celtics Baltics, germanics are based in greek cos the Greek mythology, philosophy,arts,science,poetry influence is global til today. Greek is the father figure and real father for Italian for Spanish,Portuguese, French, Romanian etc

[@ilefab4545]

Ho detto la stessa cosa anche io. In tutte le superiori almeno 5 lettere in matematica le trovi... allo scientifico ne impari altre 4 5

[@giuliamoraschetti8301]

@@ilefab4545 e si, quando ho fatto lo scientifico ne avevo fatte alcune, poi altre in uni

[@Kolious_Thrace]

Hellenic is older than Latin! Latin alphabet was based on Hellenic. They might be confusing for them but you are all using Hellenic letters. Slavs too! The Cyrillic alphabet was invented by two Hellene🇬🇷 monks based on the alphabet they knew: Hellenic. They used that alphabet to write the language of the Rus and convert the Slavic people to Orthodoxy! Αλφαβήτα / alfavíta Αα: άλφα / àlfa Ββ: βήτα / víta Γγ: γάμμα / gàmma Δδ: δέλτα / dèlta Εε: έψιλον / èpsilon Ζζ: ζήτα / zíta Ηη: ήτα / íta Θθ: θήτα / thíta Ιι: ιώτα / iòta Κκ: κάππα / kàppa Λλ: λάμδα / làmda Μμ: μυ / mí Νν: νυ / ní Ξξ: ξυ / ksí Οο: όμικρον / òmikron Ππ: πι / pí Ρρ: ρο / rò Σσς: σίγμα / sígma Ττ: ταυ / tàf Υυ: ύψιλον / ípsilon Φφ: φι / fí Χχ: χι / hí Ψψ: ψι / psí Ωω: ωμέγα / omèga Something that very few people know is that if you say the names of the letters you are making a prayer to the Sun! Every time that you are saying the alphabet you are praying to the eternal and life-giving light of the Sun-God Apollo!

[@Treinbouwer]

Yes, the alfabet is older, but the murching of sounds in modern Greek is quite confusing.😅

[@KotrokoranaMavokely]

The neolatins idioms are called neohellenics idioms cos they all are based on Greek too.

[@freedomofspeech2183]

Source? Πολύ ενδιαφέρον, δεν το γνώριζα.

[@KotrokoranaMavokely]

Axam ke omikron bernsta͡ɪn su efaɣan ton kolo me psixula jaʎu, tu eriksan venzini ke tu evalan fotia.

[@KotrokoranaMavokely]

Ke itæ meɣæli pütiŋɡæ vötkæs efæje tön ömörfö kölö sü 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@deedoublejay]

It was great to hear them spoken by a native speaker. Would love to hear the rest.

[@kevinschmidt1917]

For some reason I studied the Greek alphabet and Roman numerals in high school in Venezuela, so this time I got them all right

[@LuggageLife]

Πάμε ελληνικά! Πάμε Ελλάδα! 🇬🇷 δεν είμαι Έλληνας χαχα, αλλά, διαβάζω ελληνικά τώρα και μου αρέσει πάρα πολύ αυτή η γλώσσα ❤ I am studying Greek right now and I love it. It just makes me sad that you hardly ever see content on the Greek language like this. It's not a very popular language but I think it should be. It's a very beautiful, complex, and intriguing language. It's also very ancient. I wish more people saw the beauty in it and studied it

[@Justt.Anna.]

Τέλεια💙🤍

[@androidoneiu5206]

Η Ελλάδα είναι όμορφη 😍

[@LuggageLife]

@@androidoneiu5206 Είναι! Πολύ όμορφη 😊

[@giotafragkou3144]

Ναι εγω ειμαι ελληνιδα😊

[@MissSoraYun]

Πάμε Ελλάδα 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@EdgarRenje]

In German, we literally call Y Ypsilon. It's the only letter that has such a long "name" in our language. Unfortunately, we all learned Greek letters either by studying math or due to Covid19 variants.

[@vasilispanagiotopoulos9678]

Psilon bedeutet hoch. Hoch i , omicron ( micro bedeutet kurz) kurz o , omega bedeutet (mega bedeutet groß ) groß o (Ω) das ist eine klein information 🙂. der deutsche Spracheist auch schön aber ich finde schwierig richtig zum lernen ,besonders das Artikel aber ich versuche noch.

[@taspany]

Ψηλόν means high, ψιλόν from ύψιλον means thin

[@Gyneco-Phobia]

The Spanish girl talking about Greek words as brands, I've seen a TED-talk, a linguist gave his own, kind of relevant interpretation about it. The companies which decide to use a Greek word as their name have slightly higher chances to succeed. All I remember, I was amazed by his conclusion and some data he provided. He's talking generally how powerful the Greek language can be and how is still shaping us, despite of the widespread use of English.

[@BlackHoleSpain]

In Spanish, when we use greek letters in Maths or Physics, we call τ tau (pronounced taoo), ν nu (pronounced noo) and μ mu (pronounced moo), φ is fi (pronounced fee) θ is theta (pronounced teta), but δ is delta, ρ is ro, γ is gamma... I suppose psi, sigma, omicron, lambda don't change in other languages, but maybe I'm wrong.

[@cherylblossomfp]

same in italyy

[@LalosSaw]

Many of them are correct. Also the Υ(lower case υ) in Spanish is y griega, meaning Greek ee, so you can understand the sound it makes. But it's not always as ee but sometimes when it's next to α, ο, ε it makes another sound. If you're interested I can tell you

[@TMPOUZI]

The tau is correct and u represents the Ypsilon (υ), but since Byzantine Greek era, αυ started to sound like af or av. So Taf is the correct pronounciation today and in Greek writes like Ταυ. Same with Nu, Mu. It pronounces like Nee and Mee today but in antiquity Y(υ) was a combination of oo and ee, like the French U and German Ü

[@1234567qwerification]

The same is with Russian about these letters. Even about "Y" of the Latin alphabet, it is called "игрек" (possibly borrowed from French, but the stress shifted to the first syllable).

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

Don’t you call Yspilon = Y as: E Griega? Or is that only in Latin American Countries? 🤔

[@jonpeley]

In spanish the letter Y is called "i griega" (literally greek i)

[@cullly]

Same in French. Y is pronounced "i grec"

[@lizelantt]

As Greeks when we are kids we naturally learn the greek alphabet first and then the Latin alphabet after a year or two, when most kids start learning English. It's funny and confusing because when I was little I used to read all the English words and English signs in the streets in a greek way. For example I would read the "STOP" sign as "STOR" because a P is an R in Greek

[@AmonRa-z8w]

In Russian too R is P

[@sd0088]

​@@AmonRa-z8w The Russian alphabet based in the Greek alphabet through the orthodox church in the Byzantium era, that's why!

[@vasiliki_R]

​@@AmonRa-z8w also in Russian alphabet the English Hh or the Greek Ηη is Нн and pronounced as English Nn or Greek Νν right ? 😅 But you also got many other letters that sound similar to the Greek like Ф or М or П which are written similar with the Greek Φ Μ and Π and pronounced the same way.

[@yashwardhantubid2581]

Fun fact I studied the Greek alphabets in science and mathematics. 😂😂

[@imanasou_agaph]

εγώ έβαζα τόνο στο όνομά μου επειδή τότε δεν ήξερα ο,τι στα αγγλικά δεν έχουν τονισμούς

[@sordmasta6646]

for anyone wondering, the multiple I's and E's are a remnant of ancient greek. which had more complicated, and more in total, pronunciations. lucky us, modern greek simplified all those into a single sound each.

[@enyalios316]

They all had different sounds. Now we have seven different ways to say ι. If anything, it got more complicated to learn.

[@nomikism]

Also trying to remember how the greek 'O' sounds are spelled/pronounced you could remember their etymology. Omikron (Ο/ο) means mikro 'O' (=little O) while Omega (Ω/ω) means mega 'O' (=Big O)

[@djurdjavitas]

Greek is the most beautiful language and I'm so happy that I started learning it a year ago 😍

[@Xarmutinha]

Καλο κουράγιο φιλτατη!

[@afjo972]

It’s by far not the most beautiful language 😂 keep fooling yourself

[@djurdjavitas]

@@afjo972 of course it might not be for everyone 😊 I just love it!

[@Xarmutinha]

@@afjo972 its subjective....

[@So_-sk2wb]

Same I also started learning greek, it’s also crazy how you can suddenly understand words like phobia etc.

[@zhaw4821]

Greek is the ONLY language in the world where you can spell the letters

[@johnny19817]

Trying to understand what you mean, could you please give me an example?

[@zhaw4821]

@@johnny19817 ,Α... άλφα.. alpha B... Βήτα....vita Ε... Έψιλον... Epsilon

[@rudywooders9602]

@@johnny19817 al-fa ,vi-ta, gam-ma , de-lta ,e-psi-lon etc

[@Ch3SteR7]

@@johnny19817 What he means is that we have full words for every letter. So instead of just writting "A", we can write Alpha(Άλφα). An example in english would be instead of just writting "W,J,K", is writting "double U", "Jay', "Kay" etc. Something like that at least :D

[@gabrieleguerrisi4335]

Italian also...

[@54kardsthegamer97]

im chinese and i also speak greek so i knew all of it

[@igorjee]

If you had physics class in high school and were somewhat interested in it, you know almost all of the Greek alphabet, both upper and lower case letters.

[@dreamystone]

True, but you've also been taught to mispronounce them.

[@sillynephele]

@@dreamystone Not exactly... The pronunciation often taught is how the letters were originally pronounced in ancient Greek (the Ancient Greeks used to pronounce them very similarly, although that's changed since the early byzantine empire (the first changes happened before that in koine Greek))

[@sillynephele]

For example, in Pericles' era (Attic dialect), not many fricatives existed, the letters representing today's representing plosives in ancient Greek. For example, "π β φ" was pronounced "p, b, p-h", with all three of them being plosives. Phi (φ) was pronounced the same as pi (π), but aspirated (denoted with the extra h). That's why all ancient Greek words containing phi were transliterated using the consonant cluster "ph" in Latin. Same goes with "θ/th" pronounced the same as "τ" but aspirated, and "χ/chi" being an aspirated "k". The "th" also eventually replaced any English alternatives (like the thorn), having been influenced by the French language (who also adopted it from Greek phonology; note that the French "th" sounds much closer to the ancient Greek equivalent than the English "th" does). Examples to demonstrate (words derived using this method to English): - theater < ... < θεάομαι - philosophy < ... < φιλεῖν + σοφός - character < ... < χαράσσω (χαράττω in Attic)

[@igorjee]

@@sillynephele If you are Greek then you are the first Greek I have met who accepts the reconstructed pronunciation. Since you are alive, you must be very careful to hide this dark side of yours in front of your fellow Greeks.

[@sillynephele]

@@igorjee It does feel like that sometimes haha. Most Greeks are more conspiracist-like (if that's even a word) than most flat-earthers regarding the language. I like to think that it ruins their patriotism to grasp a weirdly unfamiliar language in the past, that almost sounds alien, if you will. Maybe it's to their genuine dislike, that they would prefer to stay absent from the search of the truth, rather than accept it, maybe even at all costs. Jokes aside, if I'd heard a decent and persuasive counterpoint so as not to accept the reconstructed Attic (modern) pronunciation, then I would gladly do so. The evidence, on the other hand, suggests otherwise (after all, Greek wasn't at all in isolation, but rather, the opposite is true; its relation with other languages of its period can, although not without difficulty, be studied). It's the best approximation to reality modern linguists have provided, so who am I to judge? (Note: there have also been some interesting situations/evidence suggesting that more of the modern fricatives started to appear from the Attic dialect era, though it gets really messy from here (after all, language is a living organism and organisms are messy)). My username, if you're wondering, is a "conservative" transliteration of my legal name, using the aforementioned system ("Νεφέλη" becomes "Nephele").

[@bobeczek01]

European languages are heavily influenced by both Greek and Latin and it is very much a cultural and ligistical things. For example words in Polish thst have Greek origins (spelled in Polish latinized alphabet) : Alfabet, geografia, historia, filozofia, kartografia , names Zofia, Filip, Apolonia, Jerzy. And so much more

[@BlackHoleSpain]

Spanish has 70% of words from Latin, 10% from Greek, 8% from Arabic, 3% from Gothic. The remaining 9% are loans from Ancient Celtic, Basque Eusquera, Aztecs' Nahuatl, Mayan's Quechua, Aimara, Guarani, Caribean's Taino, Persian, Tagalog... and modern English, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Hebrew, Russian, Japanese and Gypsies' Romani. So in the end we had a lot of Greek influence. Most prefixes and sufixes in science are greek. The words you wrote are similar: alfabeto, geografía, historia, filosofía, cartografía, Sofía, Felipe, Apolonia. Even normal apliances like teléfono, televisión are a mix of Greek and Latin (tele=far, fono=voice, vision=sight)

[@tt2318]

αλφάβητο, γεωγραφία, ιστορία, φιλοσοφία, χαρτογραφία, Σοφία, Φίλιππος, Απολλωνία

[@alexandramanoyra2732]

But grammar is completely different ❤I am greek

[@alexandramanoyra2732]

​@@BlackHoleSpainyes Spanish have few common words with greek but grammar is completely different ❤

[@Nstsff]

Latin is also heavily inspired by greek

[@alanpotter8680]

Ypsilon is well known around the world, because it's used in math early in school. We all remember the a.b.c = y type of homework we all got at some point. And the teachers all use the Greek names of the letters, when applicable.

[@Freedom_123]

The Greek language is not just a language.. it's a science!🇬🇷

[@ntalikerman1]

If the Spanish girl deside to learn Greek (for any reason) she will speak Greek better than many Greeks and noone will understand she is a foreigner. That applies for all the Spanish people, they have the accent.

[@nabiie.x1]

Wow I’m so happy people are saying so nice things about greek in comments (I’m greek so yeah it makes me happy) Πάμε Ελλάδα!!!!

[@TheAnonJohn]

American college student would know, coz fraternities and sororities are named usually after 3 greek letters

[@mariosathens1]

how does this started? I mean for what reason the college groups use Greek letters? I knew it as an information, mostly from American movies but i don't know the story behind this tradition.

[@CT-7567R3X]

French "y'" is called "i grec" (greek i)

[@migteleco]

Also in spanish, "i griega" which translates exactly as "greek i", but we can call it with other name, "ye" (but this one is an older word, and is in disuse in Spain nowadays, but they still use it in some countrys in Iberoamérica).

[@lothariobazaroff3333]

In Polish it's also "igrek", however it doesn't simply mean "Greek i" in Polish, that would be "i greckie".

[@Mac.2811]

​@@migteleco It is correct, in spanish it is like that, but I would like to clarify that the name that is recommended (recommended by RAE) is "ye", although the name "i griega" is also accepted. In spanish speaking Latin American countries we mostly use the name ye when the letter goes in a word (rayo, mayo, etc.) and we mostly call it "i griega" when it goes alone as a copulative conjunction between two words or phrases (peras Y manzanas). However, it is not unusual for us to call it either way in both exemplified situations.

[@Argentvs]

​@@Mac.2811refrain from speaking for latinamerican. In Argentina is I Griega, never heard of Ye, nobody says that. Same as we don't say U Be o doble U, we say Be corta ( short B) and Doble Be, double B.

[@Peter1999Videos]

@@Argentvs Thats more a caribeean thing, Cubans for example, they say Ye

[@Heavy-metaaal]

I know almost all greek letters. I think it's very common.

[@asdjkl4502]

As an engineering student i knew almost all of them

[@rogerdodger8813]

Same, physics.

[@Ice_V]

Being to Greece/Cyprus and having Greek relatives I perceive Greek letters as native in general😊 Just got used to them❤️🇬🇷🇨🇾 Moreover, Greek is the only language that is closest to mine in Europe😊

[@lizelantt]

Are you Armenian?? I love Armenia from Greece 🇦🇲❤️🇬🇷

[@Ice_V]

@@lizelantt Yes🙃Love you all too, sis 🇬🇷 ❤🇦🇲

[@UrLocalSusMasterBTCP]

Pronunciations (Notes: δ becomes dh, θ becomes th, and γ becomes gh): Alfa Vita Gamma Dhelta Epsilon Ita Zita Thita Yota Kappa Lamdha Mi Ni Xi Omikron Pi Ro Sighma Taf Ipsilon Fi Hi Psi Omegha

[@thehivetyrant614]

I think it would be interesting to show them some Greek letters that have no equivalent in the latin alphabet and see what they would make out of them. ;)

[@Alenakip]

Oh that would be an absolute chaos, trust me.

[@john.andrew.brighton]

I used to be in a fraternity in college and it was called Delta Kappa Epsilon

[@josephstalin331]

Even the word alphabet is greek and consists of the 2 fist letters in the Greek alphabet, A and B (Alpha and Beta). Aldo our S is written "Σ" and pronounced "Sigma."

[@diasspeed]

Omicron = O mirkon = Όμικρον, which in Greek translates as "small O" (micron=μικρόν=small). Omega = O mega=Ωμέγα , which in Greek translates as "big O" (mega=μέγα=big). The Omicron letter is supposed to resemble the sun in the day time, which looks smaller and is round and this gave the letter this shape O. The Omega is supposed to resemble the sun when it is setting, which looks bigger and is half hidden under the horizon. For this reason it has the shape Ω, like a big round sun, starting to hide under the horizon. This is the story of the two 'oh' letters of the Greek alphabet.

[@GoBzi]

Fun facts that I didn't even realise they're a thing. Όμικρον (Omicron) is O-micron (a micro O), while Ωμέγα (Omega) is a mega O. Also, Ύψιλον (Ipsilon) literally means high pitched E (ψιλός is someone with lack of volume). Finally something for Ν/ν (Ν/n). Nike comes from the greek word Νίκη, which means victory and was also the name of the godness of victory. Have a look at the lowercase Ν (ν), that's Nike's logo!

[@antonisgiagkos7630]

LETS GO GREECE LIKE IF U ARE FROM GREECE LILE ME

[@meryspethmann]

Loved the video, such a fun group! In german we call the letter y ypsilon as well 😌

[@So_-sk2wb]

Yeah but Üpsilon haha keine Ahnung warum man es im deutschen nicht wie ein i ausspricht..

[@Nova-Franconia]

@@So_-sk2wbIm Altgriechischen hat man das „Y“ noch wie „Ü“ ausgesprochen, der Laut ist aber im laufe der Zeit zu „i“ geworden, den Laut „Ü“ gibt es also im Modernen Griechischen nicht mehr. Lustigerweise verwandelt sich das „Ü“ in vielen Deutschen Dialekten auch immer in ein „i“, z.B Bayrisch: Übel-Iwel (verwandt mit eng. Evil btw), über-iwer, Rübe-Riabm, usw…

[@So_-sk2wb]

@@Nova-Franconia Ah okay interessant, ich hab mich nämlich schon die ganze Zeit gefragt warum wir es so aussprechen

[@panagiotavlachou3468]

As a Greek, I see this as an absolute win

[@Α.Β-ψ5τ]

Also the "υ" letter not only sounding as -ee but it also sometimes, when it's necessary, pronouncing as -f like the word "ταυ" instead of "taf"(the t letter). Also, in another times it pronouncing as -vee (like veeta) like the word "σαύρα" (sáura) instead of "savra"(lizard).

[@SpartanLeonidas1821]

Thank You for pointing this out! 👍🏻

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

The letter Y is called "ypsilon" and similar ways as direct take from greek. And in many languages it's just called "greek i"

[@isalutfi]

Glad to see the notif. Yeay, it is time to learn Greek 🇬🇷 Alphabet. Thank you for sharing. 🌟🧡

[@Stylom13]

Cyprus and Greece is my from ❤🇨🇾🇬🇷

[@Anna10660]

Yea i know hiw to speak greek ναι ξέρω να μιλάω Ελλινηκά!!

[@george12121979]

In fact all the letters in Greek lang have special meaning. For example Ο (ο) = Omicron = o-small Ω (ω)= Omega = o - great Ι (ι)= yiota = sound as it is H(η)= eta = double time of yiota Υ(υ) = epsilon = yiota in high pitch sound like singing...

[@george12121979]

More special is the meaning of greek alphabet then you start from beginning (alpha) to last letter (omega) .

[@lorenzor2555]

Actually there is no “english alphabet”. english (and all other western languages) uses latin alphabet

[@kaan_isik]

Every language has its own alphabet, I think you're confusing between the terms alphabet and script alphabet

[@extremathule982]

@@kaan_isik I think you're confused.

[@kaan_isik]

@@extremathule982 Latin is a script, not just an alphabet

[@veryberry4]

Haha, and Latin alphabet is greek. It was used by Cyme Greeks, they created it.

[@extremathule982]

@@kaan_isik 😂😂🤣🤣

[@blackout7249]

This test is very easy for someone who has done a lot of higher education in maths,physics and chem

[@ibrahimhalilgunduz-ny8sv]

ı love to see Oliviane in videos she is so pretty

[@danbarbosa6940]

7:41 in portuguese too

[@avramidis3d]

You could say that omicron and omega are the two o's of greek language. They come from ancient greek where the omicron was the short sound (o - micron) and omega the long sound (o - mega), as you also said it in zoo. Micron and mega are the two known greek words, also for small and big. This way you never forget it. ;)

[@nomikism]

The Greek letter T (τ) is pronounced taf, but in greek is spelled "ταυ" (ΤΑΥ); that's why when the "τ" is being used in science, they wrongfully pronounce it "tau". Spelling it ταφ (taf) is nowadays valid only cause of the oversimplification of the language.

[@divxxx]

It's because they pronounce it based on ancient greek, not modern greek. Ancient greek has been studied for millennia, nobody really cares about modern greek.

[@chr04]

Italy don't sleep in class

[@V4mpiv]

Μπρο επιτέλους βρήκα ένα ελληνικό βίντεο/ im greek btw

[@Qvadratus.]

Mpro epitelus vrika ena elleniko video

[@nkscou9008]

Και αφού έψαχνες να βρεις ένα ελληνικό βίντεο, το "μπρο" τι το θες...;

[@thetyreexpert]

fun fact, omicron(o-micro) mean small o and omega(o-mega) means big o

[@JohnnyYounitas]

The Italian girl is an alien from outerspace..

[@boboboy8189]

That italian girl is actually russian descendant. Her parent is russia but living in italy

[@iamauroraborealis]

​@@boboboy8189no way. How do you know?

[@spiritusIRATUS]

@@boboboy8189I was thinking she looks very slavic and not the least bit Italian

[@divxxx]

That's why she doesn't know anything. The greek alphabet is pretty famous in Italy, most people would know many letters

[@boboboy8189]

@@iamauroraborealis she already said that in previous video. And look at that face, that not italian face. I have been training my eyes to recognize where are people on Internet came from. Although its hard when mixed race happened. When her first appearances my guess is russia and when she said italian, i got shocked.... Until she said her parent from russia but live in italy, she born in italy.

[@aggelikigiannouli488]

Fun fact:I’m from Greece 🇬🇷 ❤

[@module79l28]

In Portuguese "Y" is ípsilon. Together with "k" and "w", it's one of the letters of the alphabet that we don't use in the Portuguese language. 🙂

[@lucaserafini9580]

In italian the same

[@module79l28]

@@lucaserafini9580 - Besides those three, you guys don't use the "x" and the "j", so even less letters than us. 😃

[@delmo3580]

the w is only used in Spanish for anglicisms

[@module79l28]

@@delmo3580 - The three letters that I mentioned are also used for words or names of foreign origin (not only for anglicisms) that we don't adapt or translate to Portuguese. Examples: Bayern Munique, Okinawa or Kelvin. I know Spanish, so I know that you use the "y" but I can't think of any native Spanish word that uses the "k".

[@pia5543]

Really you dont use Y? Crazy conaidering that you are so close to spanish where Y is basically Essential.

[@vasilikistafylari]

I'm from Cyprus so I know Greek

[@Ballerinaforeverandpoint]

Είμαι Ελληνίδα ❤❤❤Μονο Ελλάδα ❤❤

[@BookOwl60]

Και εγώ Έλληνας .

[@ConstantinBR-RR]

LANCIA (Itailan automaker) used to name cars after Greek letters and greek words Lancia Beta Lancia Delta Lancia Ypsilon Lancia Kappa.. Lancia Musa , Thema, Thesis etc

[@anttirytkonen11]

Before watching the video, I just thought "alfa, beeta, gamma" (in the Finnish 🇫🇮 spelling of them 🇬🇷) 🙃

[@vaskid8148]

The pronunciation is totally different. You don't say beeta, but vita. You dont say gamma but you call it something like yamma γάμμα not goo but yoo. Only alfa is clear but like alpha not alfa.

[@dollyluke4747]

There is a whole pholosophy behind the Greek alphabet.The sounds are not accidental.Even when you're just saying the alphabet,hidden messages are revealed.Our ancestors were extremely genious that's why they developed so many principles in the fields of fine arts and science!

[@flexparachute]

Yes, it was the same with the Cyrillic script too. Saying the alphabet was actually a poem. But Cyrillic was heavily influenced by Greek so that's not news. Unfortunately we don't keep the old names of the Cyrillic letters and the poem that I was talking about is kinda lost.

[@PurpleRea]

«ΑΛ ΦΑ, ΒΗ ΤΑ ΓΑ ΑΜΑ ΔΕ ΕΛ ΤΑ ΕΨ ΙΛΩΝ. ΣΤΗ ΙΓΜΑ (ΙΝΑ) ΖΗ ΤΑ, Η ΤΑ, ΘΗ ΤΑ ΙΩΤΑ ΚΑΤΑ ΠΑΛΛΑΝ ΔΑ. (ΙΝΑ) ΜΗ ΝΥΞ Η, Ο ΜΙΚΡΟΝ (ΕΣΤΙ), ΠΥΡΟΣ (ΔΕ) ΙΓΜΑ ΤΑΦΗ ΕΨ ΙΛΩΝ, ΦΥ(ΟΙ) ΨΥΧΗ, Ο ΜΕΓΑ (ΕΣΤΙ)»

[@esunisen3862]

If i'm not wrong, it's: Alpha Beta Gamma Delta Epsilon Zeta Eta Theta Iota Kappa Lambda Mu Nu Xi Omicron Pi Rho Sigma Tau Upsilon Phi Khi Psi Omega At least it's the way i learned it but it's ancient greek :D

[@panagiotisdouvris8738]

You gave made 1-2 mistakes but it was very good try!!

[@croatsweareserbiancatholic7521]

As a mathematician I know all Greek alphabet

[@memoryofsalem4474]

Pain

[@BookOwl60]

Is there a similarity between the alphabet and the numbers ?

[@croatsweareserbiancatholic7521]

@@BookOwl60 What do you mean? Greek letters are used in every science and mathematical aspect that's why i have the Greek alphabet on my keyboard π= 3.14 Archimedes constant Σ -sum up Δ- differentiations - laplace operators δ - force of interest μ - mobius function σ -divisor functon θρλζγξψω in trigonometry ..... And many other uses Google: "Greek letters used in Science"

[@ahmadsaadoriginal]

For example Omega and π are in Greek and math

[@croatsweareserbiancatholic7521]

@@ahmadsaadoriginal Well, Σ is the sum up Δ differentiations π 3,14 λ Φ ψ ξ coefficients , cosines and tangents All Greek alphabet letters are used in advanced sciences like Aerodynamics , Fluid Mechanics, etc

[@murc.q]

Why there are not speakers of Cyrillic languages? It would be more interesting to compare three alphabets in the same time. Also cyrrilic is more similiar with Greek.

[@alx_gr1]

True, since it was an adaptation of the greek alphabet by 2 Greek missionaries.

[@So_-sk2wb]

Yes so true, I think it would have been perfect if there was an Italian and someone with Cyrillic alphabet in their language. That way you’d have the Latin (Italian) and the Cyrillic because Greek really is mix of both of them

[@alx_gr1]

Greek is older that both of them, so it can't be a mix...@@So_-sk2wb

[@boboboy8189]

​@@alx_gr1greek thought by pheonician how to create alphabets. Go look at pheonician letter Compare that to greek and rencong

[@alx_gr1]

I nevr said the opposite. Greek alphabet is still older that the Latin and Cyrillic one.@@boboboy8189

[@Zayon]

Some pretty sure have also heard Alpha, Beta and Omega applied to animals or even now in the internet to alpha,beta males. coming from the Greek alphabet, - Alpha is the first letter, which can be also used to describe a wolf as the leader, or some males calling themselves Alpha - Beta is the second letter, which can be used to describe the other wolfs of the pack, the followers(because after the letter Alpha, comes Beta) and again some men use it to insult other males as "followers" or not assertive etc. - Omega is the last letter of the greek alphabet, which is also used for the wolfs, to describe the lowest/weaker one

[@AmonRa-z8w]

Удивительно что греческое звучание букв очень похоже на русское

[@stellamarina.]

I think Russian is the most similar alphabet to Greek of all. 😍

[@veryberry4]

​@@stellamarina.Russians having an alphabet that Greeks created doesn't make their language any similar to greek 💀

[@stellamarina.]

@@veryberry4 yes, you're right. I meant the alphabet, not the language. I'll change my comment. Tnx.

[@kqdrill]

Yoo

[@ИрисМожевальня]

​@@veryberry4it's bulgarian

[@afabulouscookie]

We say Ypsilon in german too but its pronounced like Üpsilon

[@lazios]

There are many Greek words in Italian; from what I remember (other than Latin of course) we have Greek, Longobard/German and even Arabic words (eg coffee, sugar etc). In (more or less) modern times instead, were added what we call Frenchisms and Englishisms (if I've written some inaccuracies people more competent will correct me).

[@BlackHoleSpain]

Spanish has 70% of words from Latin, 10% from Greek, 8% from Arabic, 3% from Gothic. The remaining 9% are loans from Ancient Celtic, Basque Euskera, Aztecs' Nahuatl, Mayan's Quechua, Aimara, Guarani, Caribean's Taino, Persian, Tagalog... and modern English, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Hebrew, Russian, Japanese and Gypsies' Romani. So in the end we had a lot of Greek influence. Most prefixes and sufixes in science are greek. Teléfono, televisión are a mix of Greek and Latin (tele=far, fono=voice, vision=sight)

[@Hydrogen-Hyperoxide]

I would like to see their reaction, when he tells them that the Latin alphabet they use, is based on the Greek alphabet. From Greek colony Cumae - 8th century BC.

[@ufukfiskirma8463]

Greek alphabet so close too Russian alphabet 😊

[@stathispap8291]

Yes it was hugely influenced by Greek alphabet

[@vaskid8148]

Kyrilos and Methodius was Greek Christians monk's, the ones who created your alphabet.

[@Roukos_Rks]

as a greek person, I see this as an absolute win

[@XAndresGil]

I like it, it is very important to become acculturated to a country as important to civilization as Greece was.

[@mariaang956]

you teach them some letters of the alphabet with succed! Bravo! Είσουν πραγματικά τέλεια και μπράβο σου! Είμαι ελλληνιδα και τα καταλαβα ολα

[@orianamandi]

I'm glad I'm Greek bc I don't have to learn our alphabet😂💀

[@AlrrXelijah]

I love this video and the comments theyre so sweet i love greece and greek bc greece is where im from Greetings from greece Γεια να έχετε καλή μέρα

[@adoptme4082]

Italian has not a new alphabet,but we have many words that we write in a different as the right pronunciation

[@effievassiliadis6503]

Almost all of medical words come from the Greek language. When i was taking a test in anatomy it was a very easy task for me and felt sorry for my American classmates having to learn so many unknown hard words.

[@spiderh]

Not Greek, they came from Latin.

[@effievassiliadis6503]

@@spiderh open the dictionaries and read more....

[@spiderh]

@@effievassiliadis6503 I am everyday use dictionary. I suggest you, too. Eurpeans got this terms from Roman Empire. Romans used some Greek terms, naturally, because science is an universal accumulation. For this reason, all medical words are Latin, but you can see some Greek words, Arabic words, Persian words, Sanskrit words, etc.

[@northeastern_steamie]

Science Maths students be like: Oh, α, β, δ, ρ, γ, λ and others! We know these guys so well!!😊

[@Craven01]

For the letter T, she missed the opportunity to say "this is really TOUGH"..

[@GdzieJestNemo]

you should bring someone that uses cyrylic script to the mix. They should get lot of it

[@1234567qwerification]

Yes, ∆ is Д, π is П, rho is Р, lambda is Л, there is even theta in some Cyrillic alphabets (in old Russian it meant the [f] sound in religion things (and the "psi" letter was there).

[@bookwormparade2354]

O-micron = small oh (micro) O-mega = big oh (mega) (Ω, ω) We pronounce both the same now, but in old times there was a clear distinction which you used while speaking. That's why we also have tons of words with double consonants that you no longer hear. The Italians for example speak the double consonants clearly. psilon means thin, so epsilon and ypsilon are "thinner" versions of other vowels (diphthongues In this case)

[@Yourtopicalmaria]

Im greek and i loved this video!❤😂

[@vivianana27]

Andrea from Spain has definitely to learn greek even from the letters she pronounce them very well so I think it will be good and easy for her to learn 😊❤

[@EthanHackney]

i learned the other day: omicron = small o (micro) omega = big o (mega)

[@1234567qwerification]

BTW, none of them mention the Omicron of covid :)

[@goldenage]

"its from Transformers" 😂

[@greekstay08]

Αγαπάμε kyoumary 😍🇬🇷

[@perseusarkouda]

Letter names are also giving hints on how to pronounce them. For example Omicron means literally small O and omega means huge O.

[@Kwstas_Vagias]

Ah damn i wanted to see them try to guess the letters (ι), (κ) and (λ).

[@kaan_isik]

"χ" would be super funny though

[@Kwstas_Vagias]

@@kaan_isik Most of those letters have similar phonetics so i guess they skipped them for that reason, ξ,φ,χ,ψ,μ all have the v treatment.

[@reineh3477]

My answers is, a) don't know b) kappa c) lambda. (It was 25 years since I did math.)

[@Kwstas_Vagias]

@@reineh3477 The answer to the first is "Iota" (Ιώτα) or (γιώτα).

[@BlackHoleSpain]

@@kaan_isik Guttural χ has an interesting story: we used that in Spanish until XVIII century. But Royal Language Academy decided to change written form to J in 1795. The new norm didn't reach the Americas as fast as it should, so Mexico still used χ when they got independent, while we changed it to Mejico. They still get mad about it 200 years later! The funny thing is that almost every country outside hispanic sphere, thinks that Mexico is pronounced [meksiko] while it's [meχiko] with guttural χ In the Americas, which have a way more relaxed way of pronunciation, almost everybody pronounces χ as an aspirated H, instead of Castillian Spanish who does a strong guttural χ

[@Jarni1979]

3:30 the problem is that omega is the last letter of greek alphabet, not the Z, and the italian girl mistaked it

[@mstfsgdcdev]

Love your shows!

[@ΗλιαναΙορδανιδου]

I am from greece and i know that is a really creative language.

[@MrKosmas1989]

To be honest you make me to feel so proud as Greek. So, thank you! 😊🙏🏻 🇬🇷👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻✌🏻

[@ΖωήΑνδρεάδη-ρ8δ]

I’m so happy that someone finally remembered our language!❤

[@giulioBonati]

No worries. It's the most influential language in the world together with latin and english.

[@staurouladamianou5080]

I'm from Greece and Greece is beautiful ❤

[@_marz]

"We have a lot of E's in Greek". Oh yeah, that's actually been my nightmare since I started learning Greek. Why Greece? Why? 🤯🤯

[@kaan_isik]

They're not "E"s actually, they're "I"s and yeah, 3 letters for the "i" and up to 12 types of writing the "i"

[@Kwstas_Vagias]

In the past all these letters were used to declare different accents in a word so they used to be pronounced differently inside a word but with time their phonetics got simplified but they remained the same in the written language.

[@Argentvs]

​@@kaan_isikso just like Russian with и, й, в and the E's е, э?

[@kaan_isik]

@@Argentvs No, different ways to say "e"s are "ε, έ and αι..." and so on. But yeah, "e" is "Ε, ε" in Greek

[@vile607]

I’m from Greece and I also struggle with E’s You need a lot of practice 😂

[@ΒαλιαΣτρατουδακη]

I AM FROM GREECE