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Hellenic Alphabet

The 24 Letters of the Hellenic Alphabet
Lowercase	Uppercase	Hellenic name	English Name	Pronounced as

α	Α	άλφα	alpha	father
β	Β	βήτα	beta	volatile
γ	Γ	γάμμα	gamma	Yankee
δ	Δ	δέλτα	delta	there
ε	Ε	έψιλον	epsilon	lemma
ζ	Ζ	ζήτα	zeta	zoo
η	Η	ήτα	eta	fever
θ	Θ	θήτα	theta	thankful
ι	Ι	ιώτα	iota	fever
κ	Κ	κάππα	kappa	king
λ	Λ	λάμδα	lambda	lake
μ	Μ	μυ	mu	come
ν	Ν	νυ	nu	enigma
ξ	Ξ	ξι	xi	oxide
ο	Ο	όμικρον	omicron	locus
π	Π	πι	pi	opus
ρ	Ρ	ρω	rho	error
σ, ς	Σ	σίγμα	sigma	esteem
τ	Τ	ταυ	tau	stop
υ	Υ	ύψιλον	upsilon	fever
φ	Φ	φι	phi	fallacy
χ	Χ	χι	chi	helix
ψ	Ψ	ψι	psi	psoriasis
ω	Ω	ωμέγα	omega	locus

Diphthongs

αι	ΑΙ			lemma
ει	ΕΙ			fever
οι	ΟΙ			fever
ου	ΟΥ			fool
υι	ΥΙ			fever
αυ	ΑΥ			Aphrodite aviation
ευ	ΕΥ			ephemera evangelic
γγ	ΓΓ			kangaroo
γκ	ΓΚ			kangaroo

Diacritics-Accents
΄	τόνος	accent
¨	διαλυτικά	used in some diphthongs (αι, ει, ου, αυ, ευ) to indicate that each letter should be pronounced separately