Letter Name |
Lower Case |
Upper Case |
Transliteration |
Pronunciation and Notes |
alpha |
a |
A |
a |
long open sound as in
"father" (not "hay") |
beta |
b |
B |
b |
|
gamma |
g |
G |
g |
gg (double gamma) is pronounced "ng"
as in "angle" |
delta |
d |
D |
d |
|
epsilon |
e |
E |
e |
short sound as in "bet"
or "end" |
zêta |
z |
Z |
z |
|
êta |
h |
H |
ê or ē |
long open sound as in
"hey" (not "feed")
written with a bar over the letter in transliteration |
thêta |
q, J |
Q |
th |
throat-less sound as
in "thin" (not "this") |
iota |
i |
I |
i |
short sound as in "sit"
(not "white")
written without a dot over the Greek iota |
kappa |
k |
K |
k |
|
lambda |
l |
L |
l |
|
mu |
m |
M |
m |
|
nu |
n |
N |
n |
|
xi |
x |
X |
ks |
combined "k" and "s"
sounds, as in "fox" |
omicron |
o |
O |
o |
short sound as in "box"
or "off" |
pi |
p |
P |
p |
|
rho |
r |
R |
r |
don't confuse this
with the "pi" |
sigma |
s, V |
S |
s |
regular
s
at the start or middle of words;
terminal V
is used at the end of words |
tau |
t |
T |
t |
|
upsilon |
u |
U |
u
(sometimes v or y) |
short sound halfway
between "put" and "pit"
[more like French "tu" or German " |
phi |
f, j |
F |
ph |
like the regular "f"
sound in "photo" |
chi |
c |
C |
ch |
breathy sound as in
"Bach" or "chasm" (not "church") |
psi |
y |
Y |
ps |
combined "p" and "s"
sounds |
omega |
w |
W |
ô or ō |
long sound as in "go"
written with a bar over the letter in transliteration |