To me it always sounds like a J as in jerry, but whenever i hear a mainland Greeks impersonate Cypriots they do more of a CH sound as in chair.
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Doesn’t it depend on its position within the sentence? If the previous word ends with an ‘n’ or we insert an ‘n’ to connect words then it’s ‘je’. But if there is no ‘n’ before it or if we start a sentence with it e.g. ‘Che ego’, then it’s ‘che’.
It’s like standard Greek, if ‘τσ’ has a ‘ν’ before it, it becomes ‘τζ.
The greeks simply can’t pronounce it like Cypriots. They don’t have something similar sounding in Greek.
That’s actually a great question. Sometimes I hear both but mostly “J”
It’s interesting that non cypriots hear it more as a ch! Its a way more varied poll than I expected though!
Its a ç
The company I’m working for the name starts with initials J.P…
Always when I’m asking for my check I have to explain J as John…