He was a great scholar of his time, and a lot more research has been done since then as well. But I think the closest to ancient Greek you can find nowadays is the dialect of the Greeks of Pontos. They still use many ancient Greek words and the pronunciation in general differs from modern Greek.
@@The_1_Assassin I mean Erasmian pronunciation is pretty good, but, ofc, Ancient Greek sounds were more similar to modern day Greek ones, such as the s sound pronounced between s and sh, the l sound pronounced like the modern day greek soft l sound, clearer vowels (u sounds like u, i sounds like i) like in modern greek and so on, but he was right about pronouncing η like long ε and ι differently and so on. Also ancient greek had some diphthongs like οι, αι, ει, αυ, ευ etc.
@@YorshZed There are some aspects of the Erasmian that are more true to the ancient pronunciation than the modern one for sure. But the pronunciation of diphthongs in Erasmian presents huge issues. There are certain Greek words with so many diphthongs, that pronouncing them in Erasmian makes them sound more like Japanese. You also have to consider that there's no way that ancient Greeks would pronounce a word in a way that takes you as long as a whole sentence. That's my main issue with the case for Erasmian being close to how ancients sounded. I am not claiming that they sounded like us, but diphthongs create a strong case against the Erasmian.
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Thank God they hired Greeks for those. Or we would have to suffer Erasmian cringe.
Truer words were never spoken! 😂
Erasmian pronunciation is closer to the Ancient Greek one tbh.
He was a great scholar of his time, and a lot more research has been done since then as well. But I think the closest to ancient Greek you can find nowadays is the dialect of the Greeks of Pontos. They still use many ancient Greek words and the pronunciation in general differs from modern Greek.
@@The_1_Assassin I mean Erasmian pronunciation is pretty good, but, ofc, Ancient Greek sounds were more similar to modern day Greek ones, such as the s sound pronounced between s and sh, the l sound pronounced like the modern day greek soft l sound, clearer vowels (u sounds like u, i sounds like i) like in modern greek and so on, but he was right about pronouncing η like long ε and ι differently and so on. Also ancient greek had some diphthongs like οι, αι, ει, αυ, ευ etc.
@@YorshZed There are some aspects of the Erasmian that are more true to the ancient pronunciation than the modern one for sure. But the pronunciation of diphthongs in Erasmian presents huge issues. There are certain Greek words with so many diphthongs, that pronouncing them in Erasmian makes them sound more like Japanese. You also have to consider that there's no way that ancient Greeks would pronounce a word in a way that takes you as long as a whole sentence. That's my main issue with the case for Erasmian being close to how ancients sounded. I am not claiming that they sounded like us, but diphthongs create a strong case against the Erasmian.