Stephen Carlson wrote:Probably trilled (or tapped) like Italian or Spanish or Modern Greek.
Stephen Carlson wrote:We don't have any way of distinguishing such sub-phonemic details for a dead language. In most modern European languages, the difference is insignificant. (But Spanish is a notable exception.)
Generally, languages with a trilled 'r' also permit a tapped 'r' in certain environments, such as unstressed positions. In Modern Greek, the 'r' is tapped between vowels and trilled otherwise. Koine might have worked the same way, or different regions could have done it differently. We just have no way of knowing.
Stephen
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