Greek alphabet

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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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