Mycenaean Greek Vocabulary List

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Transliteration and Pronunciation of Linear B Script

Pronunciation of Mycenaean Greek is uncertain;
Attic Greek and English equivalents below are approximations.

a = α (pronounced as in putt or part); ai = αι (as in aisle); au = αυ (as in pout).
e = ε (pronounced as in pet) or η (as in pair).
i = ι (pronounced as in pill or peel).
o = ο (pronounced as in pot) or ω (as in port).
u = υ (pronounced as in pull or pool).
j = ι (y semi-vowel, as in yes).
k = κ (k), γ (g), or χ (kh as in khaki).
p = π (p), φ (ph as in uphill), or β (b).
q = κϝ (kw as in inkwell), γϝ (gw as in bigwig), or χϝ (khw).
r = ρ (r) or λ (l).
t = τ (t) or θ (th as in hothouse).
z = ζ (dz as in adze) or maybe also τσ (ts as in bits).
Other consonants: d = δ (d), m = μ (m), n = ν (n), s = σ (s), w = ϝ (w digamma).

Vowel length, consonant doubling, aspiration, and accentuation are not represented.
Initial h (rough breathing) is not written for most words e.g. e-ra = Ἥρα.
Initial s before a consonant is not written e.g. ta-te-re = στατήρες.
Syllable-final l, m, n, r, s are not written
  e.g. pe-ma = σπέρμα, pa-te = πάντες, pa-ma-ko = φάρμακον, ka-ko = χαλκός.
Consonant clusters are written with each consonant having the vowel of the last
  e.g. ko-no- for kno-, pi-ti- for pti-.
By phonetic changes, in later Greek q becomes either β/π/φ or δ/τ/θ.

Pronunciation of an ideogram may have matched that of the word for the item represented.