The Greek alphabet

In its classical and modern form, the alphabet has 24 letters. Like Latin and Cyrillic, Greek originally had only a single form of each letter; Apart from its use in writing the Greek language it today also serves as a source of technical symbols and labels in many domains of mathematics, science and other fields.

Modern Greek alphabet

Modern Greek alphabet

Letter Name

Α α alpha

Β β betta

Γ γ gamma

Δ δ delta

Ε ε epilson

Ζ ζ zeta

Η η eta

Θ θ theota

Ι ι iota

Κ κ kappa

Λ λ lambda

Μ μ mu

Letter Name

Letter Name

Ν ν nu

Ξ ξ xi

Ο ο omicron

Π π pi

Ρ ρ rho

Σ σς sigma

Τ τ tau

Υ υ upsilon

Φ φ phi

Χ χ chi

Ψ ψ psi

Ω ω omega

Both in Ancient and Modern Greek, the letters of the Greek alphabet have fairly stable and consistent symbol-to-sound mappings, making pronunciation of words largely predictable. Ancient Greek spelling was generally near-phonemic. For a number of letters, sound values differ considerably between Ancient and Modern Greek, because their pronunciation has followed a set of systematic phonological shifts that affected the language in its post-classical stages.