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Letter	Corresponding Phoenician letter	Name				Transliteration¹		Pronunciation		Numeric value
Letter	Corresponding Phoenician letter	English	Ancient Greek	Medieval Greek (polytonic)	Modern Greek	Ancient Greek	Modern Greek	Classical Ancient Greek	Modern Greek	Numeric value
Α α	Aleph	Alpha	ἄλφα		άλφα	a		[a] [aː]	[a]	1
Β β ϐ (alternate²)	Beth	Beta	βῆτα		βήτα	b	v	[b]	[v]	2
Γ γ	Gimel	Gamma	γάμμα		γάμμα γάμα	g	gh, g, y	[g]	[ɣ], [ʝ]	3
Δ δ	Daleth	Delta	δέλτα		δέλτα	d	d, dh	[d]	[ð]	4
Ε ε ϵ ϶ (alternate)	He	Epsilon	εἶ	ἒ ψιλόν	έψιλον	e		[e]		5
Ζ ζ	Zayin	Zeta	ζήτα		ζήτα	z		[zd] (or [dz]?) later [zː]	[z]	7
Η η	Heth	Eta	ἦτα		ήτα	e, ē	i	[ɛː]	[i]	8
Θ θ ϴ ϑ (alternate)	Teth	Theta	θῆτα		θήτα	th		[tʰ]	[θ]	9
Ι ι	Yodh	Iota	ἰῶτα		ιώτα γιώτα	i		[i] [iː]	[i], [ʝ]	10
Κ κ ϰ ϗ (alternate)	Kaph	Kappa	κάππα		κάππα κάπα	k		[k]	[k], [c]	20
Λ λ	Lamedh	Lambda	λάβδα	λάμβδα	λάμδα λάμβδα	l		[l]		30
Μ μ	Mem	Mu	μῦ		μι μυ	m		[m]		40
Ν ν	Nun	Nu	νῦ		νι νυ	n		[n]		50
Ξ ξ	Samekh	Xi	ξεῖ	ξῖ	ξι	x	x, ks	[ks]		60
Ο ο	'Ayin	Omicron	οὖ	ὂ μικρόν	όμικρον	o		[o]		70
Π π ϖ (alternate)	Pe	Pi	πεῖ	πῖ	πι	p		[p]		80
Ρ ρ ϱ (alternate)	Resh	Rho	ῥῶ		ρω	r (ῥ: rh)	r	[r], [r̥]	[r]	100
Σ σ Ϲ ϲ Ͻ ͻ ς (alternate³)	Sin	Sigma	σῖγμα		σίγμα	s		[s]		200
Τ τ	Taw	Tau	ταῦ		ταυ	t		[t]		300
Υ υ ϒ (alternate)	Waw	Upsilon	ὗ	ὓ ψιλόν	ύψιλον	u, y	y, v, f	[y] [yː] (earlier [ʉ] [ʉː])	[i]	400
Φ φ ϕ (alternate)	origin disputed (see text)	Phi	φεῖ	φῖ	φι	ph	f	[pʰ]	[f]	500
Χ χ		Chi	χεῖ	χῖ	χι	ch	ch, kh	[kʰ]	[x], [ç]	600
Ψ ψ		Psi	ψεῖ	ψῖ	ψι	ps		[ps]		700
Ω ω	'Ayin	Omega	ὦ	ὦ μέγα	ωμέγα	o, ō	o	[ɔː]	[o]	800

For details and different transliteration systems see Romanization of Greek.
Used only in the middle of a word.
Used only in the end of a word.

The following letters are not part of the standard Greek alphabet, but were in use in pre-classical times or in certain dialects. The letters digamma, stigma, san, sho, qoppa, and sampi were also used in Greek numerals.

Letter	Corresponding Phoenician letter	Name			Transliteration	Pronunciation	Numeric value
Letter	Corresponding Phoenician letter	English	Archaic Greek	Later Greek (polytonic)	Transliteration	Pronunciation	Numeric value
Ϝ ϝ	Waw	Digamma	ϝαῦ	δίγαμμα	w	probably [w]	6
Ϛ ϛ	–	Stigma	–	στῖγμα	st	[st]	6
Ϻ ϻ	Tsade (position) Sin (name)	San	ϻάν	σάν	s	[s]	90
Ϸ ϸ	Origin disputed, possibly Sin	Sho	ϸω	σχω	sh	obviously fricative, but exact value discussed [ʃː] is proposed	90
Ϟ ϟ Ϙ ϙ (alternate)	Qoph	Qoppa	ϙόππα	κόππα	q	[q]	90
Ϡ ϡ	Origin disputed, possibly Tsade	Sampi	δίσιγμα?	σαμπῖ	ss	probably affricate, but exact value discussed [sː], [ks], [ts] are proposed	900