Capital
Letter |
Small
Letter |
Name |
Phonetic
Transcription |
Phonetic
Description |
A |
α |
alpha |
[a]/[a:] |
short and long low central vowels |
B |
β |
beta |
[b] |
voiced bilabial stop |
Γ |
ɣ |
gamma |
[g] |
voiced velar stop |
Δ |
δ |
delta |
[d] |
voiced dental stop |
E |
ε |
epsilon |
[e] |
short mid front vowel |
Z |
ζ |
zeta |
[zd] |
[z] + [d] |
H |
η |
eta |
[ę:] |
long lower mid front vowel |
Θ |
θ |
theta |
[th] |
voiceless aspirated dental stop |
I |
ι |
iota |
[i]/[i:] |
short and long high front vowels |
K |
κ |
kappa |
[k] |
voiceless velar stop |
Λ |
λ |
lambda |
[l] |
voiced dental lateral liquid |
M |
μ |
mu |
[m] |
voiced bilabial nasal |
Ν |
ν |
nu |
[n] |
voiced dental nasal |
Ξ |
ξ |
xi |
[ks] |
[k] + [s] |
O |
o |
omicron |
[o] |
short mid back vowel |
Π |
π |
pi |
[p] |
voiceless bilabial stop |
P |
ρ |
rho |
[r] |
voiced dental liquid |
Σ |
σ |
sigma |
[s] |
voiceless dental fricative |
T |
τ |
tau |
[t] |
voiceless dental stop |
Y |
υ |
upsilon |
[ü]/[ü:] |
short and long high front rounded vowels |
Φ |
φ |
phi |
[ph] |
voiceless aspirated bilabial stop |
X |
χ |
chi |
[kh] |
voiceless aspirated velar stop |
Ψ |
ψ |
psi |
[ps] |
[p] + [s] |
Ω |
ω |
omega |
[ǫ] |
long lower mid back vowel |
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Sources
Powell, B. P. Homer and the Origin of the Greek Alphabet.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Woodward, R. D., Greek Writing: from Knossos to Homer.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
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