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Tau (/ ˈ t aʊ, ˈ t ɔː, ˈ t ɒ /; [1] uppercase Τ, lowercase τ or ; Greek: ταυ) is the nineteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiceless dental or alveolar plosive IPA:. In the system of Greek numerals , it has a value of 300.
Nonstandard letter for Cypriot Greek [9] and Pontic Greek [10] representing /ʃ/ Σ̈σ̈: Sigma with diaeresis: Arvanitika letter for /ʃ/ [7] Τ̌τ̌: Tau with caron: Nonstandard letter for Cypriot Greek representing /c/ [9] Ύύ: Upsilon with acute: High pitch on short vowel or rising pitch on long vowel Ὺὺ: Upsilon with grave
The OpenType font format has the feature tag "mgrk" ("Mathematical Greek") to identify a glyph as representing a Greek letter to be used in mathematical (as opposed to Greek language) contexts. The table below shows a comparison of Greek letters rendered in TeX and HTML. The font used in the TeX rendering is an italic style.
English: Greek letter tau, in a style modelled after classical Attic inscriptions. Date: 14 July 2012: ... You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even ...
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 vowels as well as consonants. [5]
English: One epigraphic letter shape of ancient Greek letter Tau. Date: 14 August 2010: Source: Own work, based on C. Faulmann, ... Greek alphabet; Messapic language;
All forms of the Greek alphabet were originally based on the shared inventory of the 22 symbols of the Phoenician alphabet, with the exception of the letter Samekh, whose Greek counterpart Xi (Ξ) was used only in a subgroup of Greek alphabets, and with the common addition of Upsilon (Υ) for the vowel /u, ū/.
English: Glyph variants of Greek letter Tau in ancient cursive handwriting, according to C. Faulmann, Schriftzeichen und Alphabete aller Zeiten und Völker, Wien 1880.