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Script used to write the Greek language
The Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early 8th century BC. It was derived from the earlier Phoenician alphabet
Greek_alphabet
Local variants of the ancient Greek alphabet
Many local variants of the Greek alphabet were employed in ancient Greece during the archaic and early classical periods, until around 400 BC, when they
Archaic_Greek_alphabets
history of the Greek alphabet began with the adoption of Phoenician letter forms in the 9th–8th centuries BC during early Archaic Greece and continues
History_of_the_Greek_alphabet
Rendering Greek in Latin characters
Romanization of Greek is the transliteration (letter-mapping) or transcription (sound-mapping) of text from the Greek alphabet into the Latin alphabet. The conventions
Romanization_of_Greek
Names for Greek letters to aid spelling
The Greek spelling alphabet is a spelling alphabet (or "phonetic alphabet") for Greek, i.e. an accepted set of easily differentiated names given to the
Greek_spelling_alphabet
Last letter of the Greek alphabet
Ω, lowercase ω) is the twenty-fourth and last letter of the Greek alphabet. In the Greek numeric system/isopsephy (gematria), it has a value of 800. The
Omega
Twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet
KHEE; uppercase Χ, lowercase χ; Greek: χῖ) is the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet. Its value in Ancient Greek was originally an aspirated velar
Chi_(letter)
Eleventh letter in the Greek alphabet
Greek: λάμ(β)δα, lám(b)da; Ancient Greek: λά(μ)βδα, lá(m)bda), sometimes rendered lamda, labda or lamma, is the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet
Lambda
Third letter of the Greek alphabet
γ; Greek: γάμμα, romanized: gámma) is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 3. In Ancient Greek, the
Gamma
Writing system used c. 1050 to 146 BC
the Aramaic and Samaritan alphabets, several Alphabets of Asia Minor, and the Archaic Greek alphabets. The Phoenician alphabet proper uses 22 consonant
Phoenician_alphabet
Twenty-first letter in the Greek alphabet
Ancient Greek: ϕεῖ pheî [pʰéî̯]; Modern Greek: φι fi [fi]) is the twenty-first letter of the Greek alphabet. In Archaic and Classical Greek (c. 9th to
Phi
According to Greek legends transmitted by Herodotus, the alphabet was brought from Phoenicia to Greece by Cadmus. The Greek alphabet contains the same
History_of_the_alphabet
First letter of the Greek alphabet
ALF-ə (uppercase Α, lowercase α) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of one. Alpha is derived from the
Alpha
Fourth letter in the Greek alphabet
uppercase Δ, lowercase δ; Greek: δέλτα, délta, [ˈðelta]) is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of
Delta_(letter)
Seventeenth letter of the Greek alphabet
uppercase Ρ, lowercase ρ or ϱ; Greek: ρο or ρω) is the seventeenth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 100
Rho
Alphabets used for Albanian
codes for Greek: Problems and modern solutions" in Macrakis, 1996. Includes discussion of the Greek alphabet used for languages other than Greek. writingsystems
Albanian_alphabet
Penultimate letter in the Greek alphabet
(uppercase Ψ, lowercase ψ or 𝛙; Greek: ψι psi [ˈpsi]) is the twenty-third and penultimate letter of the Greek alphabet and is associated with a numeric
Psi_(Greek)
Set of letters used to write a given language
in the Greek ἀλφάβητος alphábētos; it was made from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha (α) and beta (β). The names for the Greek letters
Alphabet
Eighth letter of the Greek alphabet
letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter Teth 𐤈. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 9. In Ancient Greek, θ originally
Theta
Nineteenth letter in the Greek alphabet
ˈtɔː, ˈtɒ/ ; uppercase Τ, lowercase τ or τ; Greek: ταυ [taf]) is the nineteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiceless dental or alveolar
Tau
Alphabet used for writing the Gothic language
Cappadocian Greek descent, for the purpose of translating the Bible. In form, most letters resemble letters of the Greek alphabet. The origin of the alphabet is
Gothic_alphabet
Eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet
lowercase σ, lowercase in word-final position ς; Greek: σίγμα) is the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. When it is used at the end of a letter-case
Sigma
Modern writing system of 33 letters
developed by the disciples of Cyril and Methodius and likewise based on the Greek alphabet. The earliest evidence of Russian writing culture comes from birch-bark
Russian_alphabet
Fourteenth letter in the Greek alphabet
or /(k)saɪ/ (K)SY; uppercase Ξ, lowercase ξ; Greek: ξι) is the fourteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiceless consonant cluster
Xi_(letter)
Twelfth letter of the Greek alphabet
uppercase Μ, lowercase μ; Ancient Greek μῦ [mŷː], Greek: μι or μυ—both [mi]) is the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiced bilabial
Mu_(letter)
Indo-European language
Greek (Modern Greek: ελληνικά, romanized: elliniká [eliniˈka] ; Ancient Greek: ἑλληνική, romanized: hellēnikḗ [helːɛːnikɛ́ː]) is an Indo-European language
Greek_language
Thirteenth letter in the Greek alphabet
lowercase ν; Greek: νυ ny, [ni]) is the thirteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiced alveolar nasal [n]. In the system of Greek numerals
Nu_(Greek)
Sixth letter in the Greek alphabet
Modern Greek: [ˈzita] zíta) is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 7. It was derived from the Phoenician
Zeta
Second letter of the Greek alphabet
ϐ; Ancient Greek: βῆτα, romanized: bē̂ta or Greek: βήτα, romanized: víta) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals,
Beta
Alphabet of the Latin language
alphabet. The Latin alphabet evolved from the visually similar Etruscan alphabet, which evolved from the Cumaean Greek version of the Greek alphabet,
Latin_alphabet
Era in Greece from (c. 1200 – c. 800 BC)
the Greek mainland, the Linear B script, used by Mycenaean bureaucrats to write the Greek language, ceased to be used. The later Greek alphabet did not
Greek_Dark_Ages
Alphabet used to write the Armenian language
Greek alphabet, supplemented with letters from a different source or sources for Armenian sounds not found in Greek. This is suggested by the Greek order
Armenian_alphabet
Alphabet used by the Etruscans of central and northern Italy
700 BC to sometime around 100 AD. The Etruscan alphabet derives from the Euboean alphabet used in the Greek colonies in southern Italy which belonged to
Etruscan_alphabet
Fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet
lowercase ο, Greek: όμικρον) is the fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. This letter is derived from the Phoenician letter ayin: . In classical Greek, omicron
Omicron
Latin-script alphabet consisting of 26 letters
the Greek alphabet. The earliest Old English writing during the 5th century used a runic alphabet known as the futhorc. The Old English Latin alphabet was
English_alphabet
Tenth letter in the Greek Alphabet
Greek: κάππα, káppa) is the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiceless velar plosive IPA: [k] sound in Ancient and Modern Greek.
Kappa
Character in alphabet writing systems
letterform may be used in different alphabets while representing different phonemic categories. The Latin H, Greek eta ⟨Η⟩, and Cyrillic en ⟨Н⟩ are homoglyphs
Letter_(alphabet)
Fifth letter of the Greek alphabet
Epsilon (/ˈɛpsɪlɒn/ , uppercase Ε, lowercase ε or ϵ; Greek: έψιλον) is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, corresponding phonetically to a mid front unrounded
Epsilon
Twentieth letter in the Greek alphabet
lowercase υ; Greek: ύψιλον ýpsilon [ˈipsilon]) or ypsilon /ɪp-/ is the twentieth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, Υʹ has
Upsilon
Writing system
Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae in Magna Graecia. The Greek alphabet was altered
Latin_script
Seventh letter in the Greek alphabet
uppercase Η, lowercase η; Ancient Greek: ἦτα ē̂ta [ɛ̂ːta] or Greek: ήτα ita [ˈita]) is the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the close front
Eta
Greek letter
cursive ϖ; Greek: πι) is the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiceless bilabial plosive IPA: [p]. In the system of Greek numerals
Pi_(letter)
Script of the Polish language
The Polish alphabet (Polish: alfabet polski, abecadło) is the script of the Polish language, the basis for the Polish system of orthography. It is based
Polish_alphabet
Family of writing systems in ancient Italy
Etruscan version of the Western Greek alphabet. However, some of them, including the Latin alphabet, retained certain Greek letters that the Etruscans themselves
Old_Italic_scripts
Ancient Greek dialect
Ionian or Ionic Greek (Ancient Greek: Ἰωνική, romanized: Iōnikḗ) was a subdialect of the Eastern or Attic–Ionic dialect group of Ancient Greek. On the basis
Ionic_Greek
Middle Bronze Age script
Paleo-Hebrew alphabet, the Ancient South Arabian script and the Phoenician alphabet, which led to many modern alphabets including the Greek alphabet and, subsequently
Proto-Sinaitic_script
last 2,500 years. It has roots in the Semitic alphabet and its offshoot alphabets, the Phoenician, Greek, and Etruscan. The phonetic values of some letters
History_of_the_Latin_script
Ancient Greek dialect group
Attic Greek is the Greek dialect of the ancient region of Attica, including the polis of Athens. Often called Classical Greek, it was the prestige dialect
Attic_Greek
Alphabet used to write the Lycian language
The Lycian alphabet was used to write the Lycian language of the Asia Minor region of Lycia. It was an extension of the Greek alphabet, with half a
Lycian_alphabet
Marks added to letters in Greek
Greek orthography has used a variety of diacritics starting in the Hellenistic period. The more complex polytonic orthography (Greek: πολυτονικὸ σύστημα
Greek_diacritics
Writing system of the Bulgarian language
alphabet was used in the then much bigger territory of Bulgaria (including most of today's Serbia), North Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania, Northern Greece
Bulgarian_alphabet
Script used to write the Aramaic language
called abjads by Peter T. Daniels to distinguish them from alphabets such as the Greek alphabet, that represent vowels more systematically. The term was
Aramaic_alphabet
System of writing numbers using Greek letters
is a system of writing numbers using the letters of the Greek alphabet. In modern Greece, they are still used for ordinal numbers and in contexts similar
Greek_numerals
Ninth letter in the Greek alphabet
(English: /aɪˈoʊtə/ or /ɪˈoʊtə/;, Greek: ιώτα) /ˈjota/), uppercase Ι, lowercase ι, is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. It was derived from the Phoenician
Iota
Script used for writing the Coptic language
development of Egyptian. The repertoire of glyphs is based on the uncial Greek alphabet, augmented by letters borrowed from the Egyptian Demotic. It was the
Coptic_script
Writing system developed in 9th century Bulgaria
Greek uncial manuscripts, and the majority of uncial Cyrillic letters were identical to their Greek uncial counterparts. The early Cyrillic alphabet was
Early_Cyrillic_alphabet
Alphabet used to write the Lydian language
Anatolia in the Iron Age, the Lydian alphabet is based on the Phoenician alphabet. It is related to the East Greek alphabet, but it has unique features. The
Lydian_alphabet
Seventeenth letter of the Latin alphabet
(minuscule: q) is the seventeenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others
Q
the Greek alphabet. The definition of a Greek letter for this list is a character encoded in the Unicode standard that has a script property of "Greek" and
List_of_Greek_letters
Latin script for the Turkish language
The Turkish alphabet (Turkish: Türk alfabesi or Türk abecesi) is a Latin-script alphabet used for writing the Turkish language, consisting of 29 letters
Turkish_alphabet
Earliest writing script of the Phrygians
the common Greek alphabet ("New Phrygian" inscriptions, 1st to 3rd century CE). The Phrygian alphabet was derived from the Phoenician alphabet and is almost
Phrygian_alphabet
Aramaic or Greek. The Greek alphabet was the first to introduce letters representing vowel sounds. It and its descendant in the Latin alphabet gave rise
History_of_writing
Greek civilization from 1200 BC to 600 AD
Ancient Greece (Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάς, romanized: Hellás) was an ancient civilization existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to
Ancient_Greece
Three related alphabets used to write Georgian
structural terms, their alphabetical order largely corresponds to the Greek alphabet, with the exception of letters denoting uniquely Georgian sounds, which
Georgian_scripts
Writing system
script of the European Union, following the Latin and Greek alphabets. The Early Cyrillic alphabet was developed during the 9th century AD at the Preslav
Cyrillic_script
Extinct language of southern Italy
Etruscan alphabet. Later inscriptions are written in the Greek and Latin alphabets. The Osci probably adopted the archaic Etruscan alphabet during the
Oscan_language
Extinct language in Egypt
ancient Greek. By the Roman and Byzantine eras, the language later further diversified into various Coptic dialects written in the Greek alphabet. These
Egyptian_language
Alphabets in use in Iron Age Anatolia
various regional Greek dialects. The Phrygian and Lemnian alphabets by contrast were early adaptations of regional variants of the Greek alphabet; the earliest
Alphabets_of_Anatolia
Inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet
alphabet had already undergone its principal changes, and had become a definite system. The Greek alphabet was growing closer to the Latin alphabet.
Abecedarium
Writing system where each symbol stands for a consonant
the widely used Aramaic abjad and the Greek alphabet. The Greek alphabet was later developed into several alphabets, including Etruscan, Coptic, Cyrillic
Abjad
Alphabet that uses letters from the Cyrillic script
The Ukrainian alphabet (Ukrainian: абетка, азбука, алфавіт, or альфабет [1928–1933 spelling and before 1933], romanized: abétka, ázbuka, alfávít, or alʹfabét)
Ukrainian_alphabet
Form of the Greek language found in Homer
Homeric Greek is the form of the Greek language that was used in the Iliad, Odyssey, and Homeric Hymns. It is a literary dialect of Ancient Greek consisting
Homeric_Greek
First letter of the Latin alphabet
Greek inscriptions dating to the 8th century BC following the Greek Dark Ages, the letter rests upon its side. However, in the later Greek alphabet it
A
Archaic letter of the Greek alphabet
lowercase: ϙ, numeral: ϟ) is a letter that was used in early forms of the Greek alphabet, derived from Phoenician qoph (𐤒). It was originally used to denote
Koppa
1500s–1860s alphabet used to write Romanian
letter of the alphabet; the letters І, Ю, Ȣ and Ѡ also accept a brevity sign. In loanwords of Greek origin (or ones adopted through the Greek language),
Romanian_Cyrillic_alphabet
Archaic letter of the Greek alphabet
archaic letter of the Greek alphabet. It originally stood for the sound /w/ but it has remained in use principally as a Greek numeral for 6. Whereas
Digamma
Nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name
S
Writing system of Modern Greek
centuries (the Greek Dark Ages) between the time Mycenaean stopped being written and the time when the Greek alphabet came into use. Early Greek writing in
Greek_orthography
Twentieth letter of the Latin alphabet
last letter of the Western Semitic and Hebrew alphabets. The sound value of Semitic Taw, the Greek alphabet Tαυ (Tau), Old Italic and Latin T has remained
T
Christian symbol, first and last letters of the Greek alphabet
Alpha (Α, α) and Omega (Ω, ω) are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, and a title of Christ or God in the Book of Revelation. This pair of
Alpha_and_Omega
Third letter of the Latin alphabet
contrastive voicing, so the Greek 'Γ' (Gamma) was adopted into the Etruscan alphabet to represent /k/. Already in the Western Greek alphabet, Gamma first took a
C
Official Cyrillic writing system for Bosnian, Montenegrin and Serbian
may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (Serbian: српска ћирилица / srpska ćirilica, IPA: [sr̩̂pskaː t͡ɕirǐlit͡sa])
Serbian_Cyrillic_alphabet
Oldest known Slavic alphabet
Greek or Latin alphabets. The number of letters in the original Glagolitic alphabet is not known, but it might have been close to its presumed Greek model
Glagolitic_script
Dialects and varieties of the Greek language spoken in the modern era
has not preserved length in vowels or consonants. Modern Greek is written in the Greek alphabet, which has 24 letters, each with a capital and lowercase
Modern_Greek
Ancient forms of the Greek language
Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ [hellɛːnikɛ̌ː]) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500
Ancient_Greek
Braille alphabet of the Greek language
transliteration. In Greek, it is known as Κώδικας Μπράιγ Kódikas Bráig "Braille Code". There are actually two Greek braille alphabets, which differ in the
Greek_Braille
Earliest attested form of the Greek language
symbols. Mycenaean Greek is the earliest attested form of the Greek language. It was spoken on the Greek mainland and Crete in Mycenaean Greece (16th to 12th
Mycenaean_Greek
Early Medieval Irish alphabet
number of scholars favour the Latin alphabet as this template, although the Elder Futhark and even the Greek alphabet have their supporters. Runic origin
Ogham
Greek written with the Arabic script
among Greek orthodox Christian Karamanlides, who use the Greek alphabet for writing of their Turkish dialect. The oldest known instances of Greek Aljamiado
Greek_Aljamiado
Form of Latin script used to write Serbo-Croatian
Serbian Cyrillic alphabet. The alphabet was initially devised by Croatian linguist Ljudevit Gaj during the Illyrian movement. The alphabet's final form was
Gaj's_Latin_alphabet
Sixth letter of the Latin alphabet
dialects of Greek (Doric Greek retained it), digamma was used only as a numeral. However, the Greek alphabet also gave rise to other alphabets, and some
F
Variety of modern Greek
while the Cyrillic alphabet is rarely used in Russia and former Soviet countries. Pontic Greek is classified as an Indo-European, Greek language of the Attic-Ionic
Pontic_Greek
Standard for encoding Greek characters
Code Tables (Character Sets) > Code Table 8: Greek "Greek Character Tables: ISO 5428-1980" "Greek alphabet coded character set for bibliographic information
ISO_5428
the rise of the first Greek city-states in the 9th century BC and the epics of Homer and earliest writings in the Greek alphabet in the 8th century BC
History_of_Greece
Fifteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
early Greek alphabets, which adopted the letter "omicron" to represent the vowel /o/. The letter was adopted with the value in the Old Italic alphabets, including
O
Ethnic Greek subgroup
The Cappadocian Greeks (Greek: Έλληνες Καππαδόκες; Turkish: Kapadokyalı Rumlar), or simply Cappadocians, are an ethnic Greek community native to the geographical
Cappadocian_Greeks
Ethnic group and nation
Following the Greek Dark Ages, from which written records are absent, the Greek alphabet appears in the 9th–8th century BC. The Greek alphabet derived from
Greeks
Period of ancient Greece from c. 800 to 480 BC
the Greek alphabet developed, the earliest surviving Greek literature was composed, monumental sculpture and red-figure pottery began in Greece and the
Archaic_Greece
Twenty-fourth letter of the Latin alphabet
inherited from the Etruscan alphabet. It perhaps originated in the ⟨Χ⟩ of the Euboean alphabet or another Western Greek alphabet, which also represented /ks/
X
Writing systems used before the Latin alphabet in Iberia
alphabet, which is a direct adaptation of the Greek alphabet. Some researchers believe that the Greek alphabet and Cypriot Syllabary may also have played
Paleohispanic_scripts
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