Greek Alphabet

There are 24 letters in the Greek script^[1]. Out of these, 7 are vowel letters and the remaining 17 letters are consonants.

Greek letters are super popular in science and math because:

• Ancient Greeks were amazing mathematicians and scientists

• Letters like π (pi) represent important numbers and concepts

• α (alpha), β (beta), γ (gamma) are used to label things in order

• It's like having a special scientific alphabet!

Good question! Here's the cool part:

• Same letters - the 24 letters haven't changed much in 2,500 years!

• Different pronunciation - some letters sound different now

• Same writing - you can still read ancient Greek texts today

It's like the letters are time travelers!

Modern Greek is spoken in several places:

• Greece - where it's spoken by 99.5% of the population^[2]

• Cyprus - where it's one of the official languages

• Greek communities around the world in places like Australia, USA, Canada

About 13 million people speak Greek worldwide^[3]!

Not really! Here are some helpful tricks:

• Some look like English letters: A (alpha), B (beta), O (omicron)

• Others look like numbers: Π (pi) looks like a table

• Many have cool names you already know: delta, omega, sigma

• Start with the most common ones used in math class!

Here are the Greek letter celebrities:

• π (Pi) - the famous number 3.14159... for circles

• Ω (Omega) - means "the end" or "ultimate"

• Δ (Delta) - means "change" in science

• Σ (Sigma) - means "sum" in math

You've probably seen these in movies, games, or school!