GREEK LETTERS

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References:
English Pronunciation of Greek Letters
International Phonetic Alphabet

Wherever possible, I have included sound files that agrees with the given pronunciations.

THE GREEK ALPHABET

UPPERCASE	LOWERCASE	GREEK NAME	ENGLISH EQUIVALENT	PRONUNCIATION
Α	α	Alpha	a	AL-fa listen
Β	β	Beta	b	BAY-ta listen
Γ	γ	Gamma	g	GA-ma ("A" as in "bad" or "pat")
Δ	δ	Delta	d	DEL-ta listen
Ε	ε	Epsilon	e	EP-si-lon (as in "extra") listen
Ζ	ζ	Zeta	z	ZAY-ta listen
Η	η	Eta	h	AY-ta (long "A", as in "bay") listen
Θ	θ	Theta	q	THAY-ta listen
Ι	ι	Iota	i	eye-OH-ta
Κ	κ	Kappa	k	KA-pa ("A" as in "bad" or "pat")
Λ	λ	Lambda	l	LAMB-da
Μ	μ	Mu	m	MEW (rhymes with "cue") listen
Ν	ν	Nu	n	NEW listen
Ξ	ξ	Xi	c	ZYE (long "I" sound)
Ο	ο	Omicron	o	AH-mi-cron ("AH" as in "pot")
Π	π	Pi	p	PIE
Ρ	ρ	Rho	r	ROW listen
Σ	σ	Sigma	s	SIG-ma (hard "g", but the "g" is barely there) listen
Τ	τ	Tau	t	say "OW!" but put a "T" in front
Υ	υ	Upsilon	u	UP-si-lon
Φ	φ	Phi	f	FIGH (rhymes with "high")
Χ	χ	Chi	x	KIGH (rhymes with "high")
Ψ	ψ	Psi	y	SIGH (rhymes with "high")
Ω	ω	Omega	w	oh-MAY-ga listen