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Help[Facts] Pronunciations (Greek & Basque resp.)
Both are in the database ...
Chara: I'm assuming it's simply as Cara and Kara, considering other Greek names where "ch" represents a hard "k" sound ... Chloe, Charmian, Nicholas, Charis ...
Alaia: a-LAY-a, a-LYE-a, or something else?
Thanks in advance
Chara: I'm assuming it's simply as Cara and Kara, considering other Greek names where "ch" represents a hard "k" sound ... Chloe, Charmian, Nicholas, Charis ...
Alaia: a-LAY-a, a-LYE-a, or something else?
Thanks in advance
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On the "ch" sound
Both the Greek letters X (chi)and K (kappa) are often transliterated to "ch" in English -- this is the sourse of confusion!
Words written in Greek with a chi (eg. Chloe, Chara and Charis) are prounounced in Greek with an "H" (soft as in house, not "throat-clearing-harsh" as in Scottish or Hebrew): HLOE-ee, ha-RAH, HA-rees). Conversely, those written in Greek with a K (eg. Nicholas) are pronounced with a "K" sound.
Sounds Greek to you?
Both the Greek letters X (chi)and K (kappa) are often transliterated to "ch" in English -- this is the sourse of confusion!
Words written in Greek with a chi (eg. Chloe, Chara and Charis) are prounounced in Greek with an "H" (soft as in house, not "throat-clearing-harsh" as in Scottish or Hebrew): HLOE-ee, ha-RAH, HA-rees). Conversely, those written in Greek with a K (eg. Nicholas) are pronounced with a "K" sound.
Sounds Greek to you?
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