The letter γ sounds like English n within words like “honk” and “song” before all guttural letters (γ, κ, χ, ξ): ἐγγίζω ἄγκυρα σύγχυσις σάλπιγξ engizo ankyra synchysis salpinx The pronunciation example for the Greek υ is French, “du,” because we have no exactly equivalent sound in English. Also note that when a Greek word is transliterated into English, a simple υ always becomes “y” (rather than “u”); for example, “hydropathic” and “hypocrite” both derive from the Greek preposition ὑπό.