ͷ
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
For etymological information, see Ͷ.
Pronunciation 1
Letter
ͷ • (w) (lower case, upper case Ͷ)
- (Pamphylian) digamma, denoting a voiced labio-velar approximant, and sorted between epsilon and zeta
Pronunciation 2
Letter
ͷ • (ts) (lower case, upper case Ͷ)
- (Arcadocypriot) tsan, denoting an alveolar ejective affricate; its sorting order is not known. Further note that this character was only used in Arcadia and not in Cyprus, where /s/ was used instead.
Pronunciation 3
- See β.
Letter
ͷ • (b) (lower case, upper case Ͷ)
- (nonstandard) an allograph of β occurring in inscriptions from the isle of Melos