Byzantine Greek minuscule script - accent marks & breathings

Learn to write Greek diacritics in the medieval hand. In this video I demonstrate accents and breathings above vowels.

Accents are presented in this order: acute accent (rising pitch), grave accent (falling pitch), circumflex (rising-falling pitch). By the early Middle Ages, the distinction between pitches was lost - all three types of accented vowels were simply pronounced as stressed vowels.

I present breathing marks in this order: smooth breathing (just the vowel), rough breathing ("h" before vowel). This applies to vowels at the beginning of a word, as initial vowels must take one of the two breathing marks. The distinction between breathings was lost in the spoken language - Byzantine speakers dropped their h's.

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http://www.nativlang.com/greek-language/byzantine-minuscule-writing.php

I have written and published a thorough workbook teaching this script. Please consider purchasing the book through Lulu or Amazon if you would appreciate some hands-on practice:
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