Greek alphabet

The Greek alphabet has 24 characters, as opposed to 26 letters in the Roman alphabet. However, Greek has seven vowels, as opposed to the standard five (and sometimes six) of the Roman alphabet. This makes for only 17 Greek consonants, compared with 21 Roman consonants.

Letter	Name		Pronunciation
Letter	Greek	English	Pronunciation
Α α	Άλφα	Alpha	[a]
Β β	Βήτα	Beta	[v]
Γ γ	Γάμμα Γάμα	Gamma	[gh]
Δ δ	Δέλτα	Delta	[dh]
Ε ε	Έψιλον	Epsilon	[e]
Ζ ζ	Ζήτα	Zeta	[z]
Η η	Ήτα	Eta	[i]
Θ θ	Θήτα	Theta	[th]
I ι	Iώτα Γιώτα	Iota	[i]
Κ κ	Κάππα Κάπα	Kappa	[k]
Λ λ	Λάμδα Λάμβδα	Lambda	[l]
Μ μ	Μι Μυ	Mu	[m]
Ν ν	Νι Νυ	Nu	[n]
Ξ ξ	Ξι	Xi	[ks]
Ο ο	Όμικρον	Omicron	[o]
Π π	Πι	Pi	[p]
Ρ ρ	Ρω	Rho	[r]
Σ σ ς (final)	Σίγμα	Sigma	[s]
Τ τ	Ταυ	Tau	[t]
Υ υ	Ύψιλον	Upsilon	[i]
Φ φ	Φι	Phi	[f]
Χ χ	Χι	Chi	[ch]
Ψ ψ	Ψι	Psi	[ps]
Ω ω	Ωμέγα	Omega	[o]

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