Greek alphabet

Greek alphabet

Letter Corresponding Phoenician letter Name Transliteration1 Pronunciation Numeric value English Ancient Greek Medieval Greek (polytonic) Modern Greek (info) Ancient Greek Modern Greek Classical Ancient Greek Modern Greek Α α Aleph Alpha ἄλφα άλφα a [a] [aː] [a] 1 Β β Beth Beta βῆτα βήτα b v [b] [v] 2 Γ γ Gimel Gamma γάμμα γάμμα γάμα g gh, g, y [g] [ɣ], [ʝ] 3 Δ δ Daleth Delta δέλτα δέλτα d d, dh [d] [ð] 4 Ε ε He Epsilon εἶ ἒ ψιλόν έψιλον e [e] 5 Ζ ζ Zayin Zeta ζῆτα ζήτα z [zd] (or [dz]) later [zː] [z] 7 Η η Heth Eta ἦτα ήτα e, ē i [ɛː] [i] 8 Θ θ Teth Theta θῆτα θήτα th [tʰ] [θ] 9 Ι ι Yodh Iota ἰῶτα ιώτα γιώτα i [i] [iː] [i], [ʝ] 10 Κ κ Kaph Kappa κάππα κάππα κάπα k [k] [k], [c] 20 Λ λ Lamedh Lambda λάβδα λάμβδα λάμδα λάμβδα l [l] 30 Μ μ Mem Mu μῦ μι μυ m [m] 40 Ν ν Nun Nu νῦ νι νυ n [n] 50 Ξ ξ Samekh Xi ξεῖ ξῖ ξι x x, ks [ks] 60 Ο ο 'Ayin Omicron οὖ ὂ μικρόν όμικρον o [o] 70 Π π Pe Pi πεῖ πῖ πι p [p] 80 Ρ ρ Resh Rho ῥῶ ρω r (ῥ: rh) r [r], [r̥] [r] 100 Σ σ ς Sin Sigma σῖγμα σίγμα s [s] 200 Τ τ Taw Tau ταῦ ταυ t [t] 300 Υ υ Waw Upsilon ὖ ὖ ψιλόν ύψιλον u, y y, v, f [y] [yː] (earlier [ʉ] [ʉː]) [i] 400 Φ φ origin disputed (see text) Phi φεῖ φῖ φι ph f [pʰ] [f] 500 Χ χ Chi χεῖ χῖ χι ch ch, kh [kʰ] [x], [ç] 600 Ψ ψ Psi ψεῖ ψῖ ψι ps [ps] 700 Ω ω 'Ayin Omega ὦ ὦ μέγα ωμέγα o, ō o [ɔː] [o] 800

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