Greek
Alphabet
The Greeks were the first people to
create an alphabet with vowels. In the Greek alphabet each letter had a sound.
The Greeks used this alphabet to
write down the history of Greece, poetry, stories, and plays.
The Greek Alphabet
| alpha |
alfa |
A |
a |
a as in arm |

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| beta |
bhta |
B |
b |
b as in bed |
| gamma |
gamma |
G |
g |
g as in get |
| delta |
delta |
D |
d |
d as in do |
| epsilon |
e yilon |
E |
e |
e as in held |
| zeta |
zhta |
Z |
z |
dz as in adze |
| eta |
hta |
H |
h |
ey as in they |
| theta |
qhta |
Q |
q |
th as in thin |
| iota |
iwta |
I |
i |
i as in machine |
| kappa |
kappa |
K |
k |
k as in kite |
| lambda |
lambda |
L |
l |
l as in long |
| mu |
mu |
M |
m |
m as in man |
| nu |
nu |
N |
n |
n as in night |
| xi |
xi |
X |
x |
x as in ax |
| omicron |
o mikron |
O |
o |
o as in before |
| pi |
pi |
P |
p |
p as in pie |
| rho |
rw |
R |
r |
r as in ram |
| sigma |
sigma |
S |
s |
s as in sat |
| tau |
tau |
T |
t |
t as in teach |
| upsilon |
u yilon |
U |
u |
u as in cube |
| phi |
fi |
F |
f |
f as in far |
| chi |
ci |
C |
c |
lk as in elkhorn |
| psi |
yi |
Y |
y |
ps and in keeps |
| omega |
w mega |
W |
w |
o as in cold |
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