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Re: Pilovese Website

From:Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
Date:Sunday, April 20, 2008, 4:44
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 6:36 AM, Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@...> wrote:
> Benct, > Certainly I would, but I am not sure what letter makes the sound /v/ in > Greek. Koine Greek of the NT was not taught as having that sound.
The translations you were given were into Modern Greek, in which beta makes /v/. I don't think language names were formed the same way in Koine Greek -- certainly the "-ezika" form is pure Modern Greek, I would think.
> Sadly, > your nice transliteration came through as something other than you intended. > (See below) If you could help me here, I'd appreciate it.
As escaped HTML, they are &#928;&#953;&#955;&#959;&#946;&#953;&#954;&#940;, &#928;&#953;&#955;&#959;&#946;&#941;&#950;&#953;&#954;&#945; . Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>

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