Greek Alphabet letters and numerals

The Greek alphabet has been in use since around 800 BC. It was the first alphabet to have distinct letters for vowels as well as consonants. The Greek alphabet was derived from the Phoenecian alphabet and is the ancestor of the Latin and Cyrillic alphabets. Greek letters can also represent numbers through the greek numerals system (further down on this page).

Letters

Upper case letter	Lower case letter	Greek letter name	English transliteration
Α	α	alpha	a
Β	β	beta	b
Γ	γ	gamma	g
Δ	δ	delta	d
Ε	ε	epsilon	e
Ζ	ζ	zeta	z
Η	η	eta	ē
Θ	θ	theta	th
Ι	ι	iota	i
Κ	κ	kappa	c, k
Λ	λ	lambda	l
Μ	μ	mu	m
Ν	ν	nu	n
Ξ	ξ	xi	x
Ο	ο	omicron	o
Π	π	pi	p
Ρ	ρ	rho	r, rh
Σ	σ/ς	sigma	s
Τ	τ	tau	t
Υ	υ	upsilon	y, u
Φ	φ	phi	ph
Χ	χ	chi	ch, kh
Ψ	ψ	psi	ps
Ω	ω	omega	ō

Greek numerals

Greek numerals are a system of representing numbers, which still is occasionally used for ordinal numbers in much the same way as Roman numerals. Greek numerals are also known as Milesian numerals, Alexandrian numerals or alphabetic numerals. To mark a letter as a numeral sign, a diacritical mark (ʹ) is added to it. A different diacritical mark is used for thousands (͵), so they become ͵Α = 1000, ͵Β = 2000, etc.

Greek numerals operates on the additive principle. For example 42 is written as 40 + 2 = μβʹ.

Upper case letter	Greek letter name	Number
Αʹ	alpha	1
Βʹ	beta	2
Γʹ	gamma	3
Δʹ	delta	4
Εʹ	epsilon	5
ϛʹ	digamma	6
Ζʹ	zeta	7
Ηʹ	eta	8
Θʹ	theta	9
Ιʹ	iota	10
Κʹ	kappa	20
Λʹ	lambda	30
Μʹ	mu	40
Νʹ	nu	50
Ξʹ	xi	60
Οʹ	omicron	70
Πʹ	pi	80
ϟʹ	koppa	90
Ρʹ	rho	100
Σʹ	sigma	200
Τʹ	tau	300
Υʹ	upsilon	400
Φʹ	phi	500
Χʹ	chi	600
Ψʹ	psi	700
Ωʹ	omega	800
ϡʹ	sampi	900