Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan mafi kyau game da koyan harshen Helenanci shine kalmomin suna furta yadda aka rubuta su. Babu kalmomin haruffan "e". Idan harafi yana cikin kalma, ana furta shi. Kuma haruffa suna ko da yaushe suna furta haka, ba tare da wasu 'yan diphthongs ba.
Harshen Helenanci yana da haruffa 24, wasu daga cikinsu suna wakiltar sautunan da ba sa cikin harshen Turanci. Don ƙirƙirar sautuna ba a haɗa su cikin haruffa ba, haruffa biyu sun haɗu.
Misali:
- An yi amfani da ƙarar d ta amfani da "nt,"
- An halicci b sauti ta hanyar hada "m" da "p".
- An halicci j jita tare da hade da "t" da "z," wanda ba daidai ba ne amma ya zo kusa, kuma wannan yana da mawuyacin sauti, wanda aka rubuta ta amfani da "ts" - sai dai a Crete inda, a cikin harshe na gida, harafin k an sau da yawa ya ba da mahimmancin sauti,
- da wuya g sauti (kamar yadda a "gutter") an yi tare da "gk."
Harshen harshen Girkanci ba shi da murya marar tausayi ko mai laushi, kuma yayin da za'a iya furta su da kyau, ana rubuta su ta hanyar rubutun "s".
Lura: Wannan ba darasi ne na al'ada bane, kawai jagoran jagorancin haɗakarwa.
Harshen Helenanci
| Harafi Upper, ƙananan | Sunan | Maƙaryata | Lokacin da yake magana, sauti kamar |
| A, α | alpha | AHL-fah | ah |
| Video, β | vita | VEE-tah | wasika v |
| Γ, y | gamma | GHAH-mah | harafin y lokacin da ya zo kafin e, u, i; in ba haka ba kamar tsabta mai tsabta gh |
| Δ, δ | thelta | THEL-tah | wuya a matsayin "a can" |
| Ε, ε | epsilon | EHP-saw-lon | eh |
| Ζ, ζ | zita | ZEE-tah | harafin z |
| Η, η | ita | EE-tah | ee |
| Θ, θ | thita | THEE-tah | m kamar yadda a "ta hanyar" |
| Ι, ι | iota | YO-tah | ee |
| Κ, κ | kappa | KAH-pah | harafin k |
| Λ, λ | lamtha | LAHM-thah | harafin l |
| Μ, μ | mu | yi | wasika m |
| Ν, ν | nu | nee | harafin n |
| Ξ, ξ | m | ksee | wasika x |
| Ο, ο | alamin | OH-da-kron | oh |
| Π, π | pi | bin | wasika p |
| Ρ, ρ | ro | roh, roe | a yi birgima r |
| Σ, σ, ς | sigma | SEEGH-mah | wasika s |
| Τ, τ | Tau | tahf | wasika t |
| Υ, υ | upsilon | EWP-saw-lon | ee |
| %, Φ | phi | fee | wasika f |
| Χ, χ | chi | hee | wani haske gargly ch kamar a "challah" |
| Ψ, ψ | psi | Psee | ps kamar yadda a "kwakwalwan kwamfuta" |
| Ω, ω | omega | oh-MEH-ghah | wani wuri a tsakanin "tsoro" da "oh" |
Diphthong Common
| Saka, αυ | au | av ko af |
| Mista, gani | eu | ev ko ef |
| ΟΥ, ku | ko | oo |
| ΑΙ, αι | Ai | eh |