section_path: Letters/Digraphs and letter combinations
section_name: Digraphs and letter combinations
paragraph_text: Digraphs and letter combinations
  
  Several letter combinations have special conventional sound values different from those of their single components. Among them are several digraphs of vowel letters that formerly represented diphthongs but are now monophthongized. In addition to the four mentioned above (⟨ ει, οι, υι ⟩, pronounced /i/ and ⟨ αι ⟩, pronounced /e/), there is also ⟨ ηι, ωι ⟩, and ⟨ ου ⟩, pronounced /u/. The Ancient Greek diphthongs ⟨ αυ ⟩, ⟨ ευ ⟩ and ⟨ ηυ ⟩ are pronounced, and in Modern Greek. In some environments, they are devoiced to, and. The Modern Greek consonant combinations ⟨ μπ ⟩ and ⟨ ντ ⟩ stand for and (or and); ⟨ τζ ⟩ stands for and ⟨ τσ ⟩ stands for. In addition, both in Ancient and Modern Greek, the letter ⟨ γ ⟩, before another velar consonant, stands for the velar nasal; thus ⟨ γγ ⟩ and ⟨ γκ ⟩ are pronounced like English ⟨ ng ⟩ like in the word finger (not like in the word thing). In analogy to ⟨ μπ ⟩ and ⟨ ντ ⟩, ⟨ γκ ⟩ is also used to stand for. There are also the combinations ⟨ γχ ⟩ and ⟨ γξ ⟩.