They were just different dialects that coexisted in different regions. Neither shows a tendency toward a later scheme towards which the language was moving. One of the main differences between Attic and Doric Greek was the handling of what would be an ETA in Attic and a long ALPHA in Doric. With respect to pronunciation, linguistically the problem is a very complex one particularly with vowels.
It makes sense that the system should be based upon historical-linguistic phenomena, but the argument here seems to be that the Erasmian system is not perfect so we should take on the Modern Greek one instead. A misspelling or tendency to misspell ei as i only proves that the sounds were similar or that they had eventually become the same… For paedagogical reasons as well as practical ones it is helpful to adopt a system that allows us to communicate with others and to differentiate sounds which are alphabetically differentiated. At some point, ei must have been different from both ETA and IOTA, otherwise the phoneme would have been written in a different manner. The pronunciation of vowels is complicated. This seems like a tricky matter from a linguistic point of view. He notes the similarity between ei and IOTA in both languages. The author argues for a historical trend toward the modern scheme. A massive Slavic migration shifted not only consonantal sounds but the aspectual system of the language into its modern form… not trends that were in place in antiquity. In other words, a modern pronunciation scheme has some of the same problems as an ancient one. Latin renders the Greek term as “baptisma”. In Modern Greek, it is pronounced as English. Car.) – like the Erasmian system – has dissimilarities to pattern present between ancient Greek, Latin and other languages. Similarly, the Modern Greek (erroneously labelled “historic” by Ch. however the rendering of the name Felix in Acts with the PHI which was as close to ). It makes sense that the Greek letter PHI can not have been pronounced as an in the rendering of lat. One hardly needs to look to manuscripts and inscriptions for this evidence. This is no new news for the average classicist who is more than aware of what is commonly known as “the Erasmian Error”. He discusses how ancient epigraphics undermine the Erasmian system. I have not read the Silva reply, but I can guess some of what he might have said. The author’s writing on his site is very helpful as it makes several points about pronunciation of ancient Greek.
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