This article deals with the phonology and phonetics of Standard Modern Greek. For phonological characteristics of other varieties, see varieties of Modern Greek, and for Cypriot, specifically, see Cypriot Greek § Phonology.
Consonants[]
Greek linguists do not agree on which consonants to count as phonemes in their own right, and which to count as conditional allophones.
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | /m/ μ | /n/ ν | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | /p/ π | /t/ τ | /k/ κ | |
| voiced | /b/ μπ | /d/ ντ | /ɡ/ γκ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | /f/ φ | /θ/ θ | /s/ σ | /x/ χ |
| voiced | /v/ β | /ð/ δ | /z/ ζ | /ɣ/ γ | |
| Trill | /r/ ρ | ||||
| Lateral | /l/ λ | ||||
Vowels[]
Greek has a system of five vowels /i, e, a, o, u/