Gamma

<p>Gamma  is the third letter of the <a href="/facts/Greek_alphabet/1cHwB8Dg">Greek alphabet</a>. In the system of <a href="/facts/Greek_numerals/vTLzPG0W">Greek numerals</a> it has a value of 3. In <a href="/facts/Ancient_Greek/LIK7NlUh">Ancient Greek</a>, the letter gamma represented a <a href="/facts/Voiced_velar_stop/f6udTvfQ">voiced velar stop</a> IPA: [ɡ]. In <a href="/facts/Modern_Greek/nFsDHrfR">Modern Greek</a>, this letter normally represents a <a href="/facts/Voiced_velar_fricative/ESy9fy1G">voiced velar fricative</a> IPA: [ɣ], except before either of the two <a href="/facts/Front_vowel/htKQs3AT">front vowels</a> (/e/, /i/), where it represents a <a href="/facts/Voiced_palatal_fricative/MUQsm9J6">voiced palatal fricative</a> IPA: [ʝ]; while /g/ in foreign words is instead commonly transcribed as γκ).
</p><p>In the <a href="/facts/International_Phonetic_Alphabet/2e7jmUaG">International Phonetic Alphabet</a> and other modern Latin-alphabet based <a href="/facts/Phonetic_transcription/bfbFHWur">phonetic notations</a>, it represents the voiced velar fricative.
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Gamma