Letter | Name | Pronunciation | Corresponding Phoenician letter | Transliteration | Numeric value | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ancient Greek | Medieval Greek (polytonic) | Modern Greek | English | Classical Ancient Greek | Modern Greek | Ancient Greek | Modern Greek | |||
Α α | ἄλφα | άλφα | Alpha | [a] [aː] | [a] | a | 1 | |||
Β β ϐ (alternate2) | βῆτα | βήτα | Beta | [b] | [v] | b | v | 2 | ||
Γ γ | γάμμα | γάμμα γάμα | Gamma | [g] | [ɣ~ʝ] | g | gh, g, y | 3 | ||
Δ δ | δέλτα | δέλτα | Delta | [d] | [ð] | d | d, dh | 4 | ||
Ε ε | εἶ | έ ψιλόν | έψιλον | Epsilon | [e] | e | 5 | |||
Ζ ζ | ζήτα | ζήτα | Zeta | [zd] (or [dz]?) later [zː] | [z] | z | 7 | |||
Η η | ἦτα | ήτα | Eta | [ɛː] | [i] | e, ē | i | 8 | ||
Θ θ ϑ (alternate) | θῆτα | θήτα | Theta | [tʰ] | [θ] | th | 9 | |||
Ι ι | ἰῶτα | ιώτα γιώτα | Iota | [i] [iː] | [i], [j] | i | 10 | |||
Κ κ | κάππα | κάππα κάπα | Kappa | [k] | [k~c] | k | 20 | |||
Λ λ | λάβδα | λάμβδα | λάμδα λάμβδα | Lambda | [l] | l | 30 | |||
Μ μ | μῦ | μι μυ | Mu | [m] | m | 40 | ||||
Ν ν | νῦ | νι νυ | Nu | [n] | n | 50 | ||||
Ξ ξ | ξεῖ | ξῖ | ξι | Xi | [ks] | x | x, ks | 60 | ||
Ο ο | οὖ | ὂ μικρόν | όμικρον | Omicron | [o] | o | 70 | |||
Π π | πεῖ | πῖ | πι | Pi | [p] | p | 80 | |||
Ρ ρ | ῥῶ | ρω | Rho | [r], [r̥] | [r] | r (ῥ: rh) | r | 100 | ||
Σ σ ς (alternate3) | σῖγμα | σίγμα | Sigma | [s] | s | 200 | ||||
Τ τ | ταῦ | ταυ | Tau | [t] | t | 300 | ||||
Υ υ ϒ (alternate) | ὗ | ὓ ψιλόν | ύψιλον | Upsilon | [y] [yː] (earlier [u] [uː]) | [i] | u, y | y, v, f | 400 | |
Φ φ ϕ (alternate) | φεῖ | φῖ | φι | Phi | [pʰ] | [f] | origin disputed (see text) | ph | f | 500 |
Χ χ | χεῖ | χῖ | χι | Chi | [kʰ] | [x~ç] | ch | ch, kh | 600 | |
Ψ ψ | ψεῖ | ψῖ | ψι | Psi | [ps] | ps | 700 | |||
Ω ω | ὦ | ὦ μέγα | ωμέγα | Omega | [ɔː] | [o] | o, ō | o | 800 |
- For details and different transliteration
systems see Transliteration of Greek into English . - Used only in the middle of a word.
- Used only in the end of a word.
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