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Beta (UK: / ˈ b iː t ə /, US: / ˈ b eɪ t ə /; uppercase Β, lowercase β, or cursive ϐ; Ancient Greek: βῆτα, romanized: bē̂ta or Greek: βήτα, romanized: víta) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 2.
The Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early 8th century BC. [2] [3] It was derived from the earlier Phoenician alphabet, [4] and is the earliest known alphabetic script to have developed distinct letters for consonants as well as vowels. [5]
Traditional English renderings of Greek names originated from Roman systems established in antiquity. The Roman alphabet itself was a form of the Cumaean alphabet derived from the Euboean script that valued Χ as /k s/ and Η as /h/ and used variant forms of Λ and Σ that became L and S. [2]
Latin Beta Nonstandard IPA, Gambon languages /β/ Gabon Languages Scientific Alphabet ; cf. Greek Β β: ᴄ: Small capital C FUT [2] /t̬͡s/ Ↄ ↄ Reversed C Claudian letters [9] /(b~p)s/ Ꭓ ꭓ Chi Nonstandard IPA /χ/ Lepsius Standard Alphabet /x/ Teuthonista [4] /ç/ or /ʝ/ ꭕ Chi with low left serif ꭔ Chi with low right ring Ð ð ...
Babies born this year and the 14 years that follow are part of Generation Beta. ... meaning many Gen Betas will live to see the 22nd century. ... Simply because in the Greek alphabet Beta follows ...
The term Latin alphabet may refer to either the alphabet used to write Latin (as described in this article) or other alphabets based on the Latin script, which is the basic set of letters common to the various alphabets descended from the classical Latin alphabet, such as the English alphabet.
The Greek spelling alphabet is a spelling alphabet (or "phonetic alphabet") for Greek, i.e. an accepted set of easily differentiated names given to the letters of the alphabet for the purpose of spelling out words.
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