The Greek Alphabet

The Greek Alphabet was historically the first alphabetic script to include distinct letters for vowels as well as consonants. Today, its constituents are still used as math and science symbols.

Greek Letter	Name	Equivalent	Sound When Spoken
Α α	Alpha	A	al-fah
Β β	Beta	B	bay-tah
Γ γ	Gamma	G	gam-ah
Δ δ	Delta	D	del-tah
Ε ε	Epsilon	E	ep-si-lon
Ζ ζ	Zeta	Z	zay-tah
Η η	Eta	E	ay-tah
Θ θ	Theta	Th	thay-tah
Ι ι	Iota	I	eye-o-tah
Κ κ	Kappa	K	cap-ah
Λ λ	Lambda	L	lamb-dah
Μ μ	Mu	M	mew
Ν ν	Nu	N	new
Ξ ξ	Xi	X	zzEye
Ο ο	Omicron	O	om-ah-cron
Π π	Pi	P	pie
Ρ ρ	Rho	R	row
Σ σ/ς	Sigma	S	sig-ma
Τ τ	Tau	T	tawh
Υ υ	Upsilon	U	oop-si-lon
Φ φ	Phi	Ph	figh / fee
Χ χ	Chi	Ch	kigh
Ψ ψ	Psi	Ps	sigh
Ω ω	Omega	O	o-may-gah