Phonetic symbols in Greek

There are 31 distinct sounds in Greek. These are much less than the sounds of the English language (more than 50). In order to represent the right pronunciation of Greek words, we will use a set of 31 phonetic symbols :
SymbolExample
afather
ebet
iteen
othought
upush
bsob
bhvolley
dmad
dhthat
gbag
g'spaghetti (It.)
ghfuego (Eur. Sp.)
gh'year
ktrick
k'que (Sp.)
khBach(Ger.)
kh'Houston
lball
l'migliori (It.)
mmap
nman
n'lasagna (It.)
pmop
phcuff
rcorazon (Sp.)
sspeak
tbat
ththesis
zzoo
tslots
dzdads

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