Can speakers of modern Greek understand ancient Greek?

Modern Greek speakers can’t understand so well academic ancient Greek but the everyday language can be understood.

Do we know what ancient Greek sounded like?

No, we do not know what ancient Greek sounded like. We do know it did not exactly sound like standard modern Greek. There were several dialects in ancient Greek (Attic, which was a version of Ionic, Doric, Aeolic…) and certainly many local accents. In addition, pronunciation must have underwent some changes over time.

Is the modern Greek alphabet the same as the Ancient Greek alphabet?

Modern and Ancient Greek also use different diacritics. Apart from its use in writing the Greek language, in both its ancient and its modern forms, the Greek alphabet today also serves as a source of technical symbols and labels in many domains of mathematics, science and other fields.

Is the Greek language phonetic?

Most native speakers of Greek are not even aware of this phenomenon. (Naturally, because it is a phonetic, not a phonological aspect of the language.)

Is the Modern Greek alphabet the same as the ancient Greek alphabet?

What is Ancient Greek phonology?

Ancient Greek phonology is the reconstructed phonology or pronunciation of Ancient Greek. This article mostly deals with the pronunciation of the standard Attic dialect of the fifth century BC, used by Plato and other Classical Greek writers, and touches on other dialects spoken at the same time or earlier.

What is the present page on the Greek language about?

Please Note: the present page is part of this general page on the Greek alphabet, pronunciation, and orthography, which in turn is part of this set of pages on the Greek language. What is it that distinguishes the pronunciation of a native speaker of Modern Greek from that of a learner of the language?

Is there such a thing as a different pronunciation in Greek?

The list is meant to be exhaustive — there are no other cases of differing pronunciation in Greek depending on context, to the best of my knowledge. Modern Greek is supposed to be an almostwhat-you-read-is-what-you-speak language, not as “pure” as Spanish or Italian, but certainly muchmore predictable than English or French.

Is modern Greek really a pure language?

Modern Greek is supposed to be an almostwhat-you-read-is-what-you-speak language, not as “pure” as Spanish or Italian, but certainly muchmore predictable than English or French. Here is a list of topics discussed in this page: [s] → [z] in front of voiced consonants