Heta

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Greek alphabet
Αα Alpha Νν Nu Ββ Beta Ξξ Xi Γγ Gamma Οο Omicron Δδ Delta Ππ Pi Εε Epsilon Ρρ Rho Ζζ Zeta Σσς Sigma Ηη Eta Ττ Tau Θθ Theta Υυ Upsilon Ιι Iota Φφ Phi Κκ Kappa Χχ Chi Λλ Lambda Ψψ Psi Μμ Mu Ωω Omega
History
Archaic local variants Digamma Heta San Koppa Sampi Tsan Diacritics Ligatures Numerals ϛ (6) ϟ (90) ϡ (900)
Use in other languages
Bactrian Coptic Albanian
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Heta (uppercase/lowercase Ⱶ ⱶcode: grc is deprecated ) is another name for the letter Eta (Η), a letter of the Greek alphabet, and also for some other variant forms of it. This name is used to show that this letter at first was pronounced as "h", just like in Latin. Later, in the Ionian dialect of Greek, people stopped pronouncing the sound "h", and therefore they gave the letter a new meaning and used it for a long "e" sound instead. Some other dialects then took over this new letter "Eta", and so they had to find a new form for the letter for "h". In some dialects they invented a new letter "x16px" to stand for "h". Today, the name "Heta" is also used for this letter.

Heta Media

• Phoenician heth.svg

  Phoenician letter heth

• Thera Arkhagetas inscription.svg

  Thera Arkhagetas inscription

• Greek Eta archaic.svg

  One epigraphic letter shape of ancient Greek letter Eta.

• Greek Eta square.svg

  epigraphic archaic form of Greek letter Eta/Heta, after Jeffery

• Greek Eta cross.svg

  epigraphic archaic form of Greek letter Eta/Heta, after Jeffery

• Greek Eta 2-bars.svg

  epigraphic archaic form of Greek letter Eta/Heta, after Jeffery

• Greek Eta square-2-bars.svg

  epigraphic archaic form of Greek letter Eta/Heta, after Jeffery

• Greek Eta diagonal.svg

  epigraphic archaic form of Greek letter Eta/Heta, after Jeffery

• Greek Eta diagonal-2-bars.svg

  epigraphic archaic form of Greek letter Eta/Heta, after Jeffery

• Various spellings of the name "Hera" in ancient Greek. Left: original spelling, right: modern transcription. Red: consonantal "heta", blue: vocalic "eta".*1.) archaic non-Ionic*2.) classical Ionic*3.) intermediate (e.g. Delphi)*4.) intermediate (e.g. Tarentum)*5.) late antiquity.