The Greek Alphabet Chart
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1R. Zaslavsky
THE GREEK ALPHABET
capital lower
letter
letter
capital lower
letter
letter
case
name
sound
case
name
sound
A
a
N
n
alpha
a as in father
nu
n as in not
J
j
B
b
xi/ksi
cks as in tacks
beta
b as in bat
G
g
O
ο
gamma
g as in go
omicron o as in hot
D
d
P
p
delta
d as in dig
pi
p as in peer
E
e
R
r
epsilon
e as in met
rho
r as in rot
Z
z
S
s/w
zeta
dz as in adze
sigma
s as in sit
H
h
T
t
eta
e as in they
tau
t as in tool
Y
y
U
u
theta
th as in thorn
upsilon u as in hula
I
i
F
f
iota
i as in tin or
phi
ph as in alpha
i as in marine
K
k
kappa
k as in kite
x
Χ
chi
ch as in Bach
L
l
lambda
l as in lame
C
c
psi
ps as in lapse
v
M
µ
Ω
mu
m as in moo
omega
o as in go
Note: In addition, Greek uses a rough breathing mark (Ñ), placed over the first vowel of some
words or over the second vowel of an initial diphthong or over an initial rho. This mark is
transliterated as the letter “h” (placed before the vowel or diphthong or after the rho). This can
be seen in such English words as “hemophilia” or “rhythm.”
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