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Encyclopedia > Qoppa (letter)
Greek alphabet
Α α Alpha Β β Beta
Γ γ Gamma Δ δ Delta
Ε ε Epsilon Ζ ζ Zeta
Η η Eta Θ θ Theta
Ι ι Iota Κ κ Kappa
Λ λ Lambda Μ μ Mu
Ν ν Nu Ξ ξ Xi
Ο ο Omicron Π π Pi
Ρ ρ Rho Σ σ Sigma
Τ τ Tau Υ υ Upsilon
Φ φ Phi Χ χ Chi
Ψ ψ Psi Ω ω Omega
Obsolete letters
Ϝ ϝ Digamma Ϻ ϻ San
Ϙ ϙ Qoppa Ϡ ϡ Sampi


Qoppa is an obsolete letter of the Greek alphabet and has a numeric value of 90. Greek never used the sound it represented, a uvular plosive. There are two very different glyphs for qoppa: "archaic Qoppa" (Ϙ ϙ) used to write words and "Numeric Qoppa" (Ϟ ϟ) used in modern Greek legal documentation.


See also

  • Qoph
  • Koppa (Cyrillic)

External links

  • "Q Followed by U" (http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-que.htm), the evolution of Qoppa, before and after Greek.

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