San (letter)

Greek alphabet
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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 ς Sigma
Τ τ Tau	Υ υ Upsilon
Φ φ Phi	Χ χ Chi
Ψ ψ Psi	Ω ω Omega
obsolete letters
Image:Greek alphabet digamma2.png Digamma	Image:Greek alphabet san.png San
Image:Greek alphabet qoppa.png Qoppa	Image:Greek alphabet sampi.png Sampi
Image:Greek alphabet stigma.png Stigma	Image:Greek alphabet sho.png Sho

San (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ) was a letter of the Greek alphabet, appearing between Pi and Qoppa in alphabetical order, corresponding in position to the Phoenician Tsade Image:Phoenician sade.png, but its name comes from Shin. It usually had a phonemic value of Template:IPA, but eventually became disused in favour of sigma. The latest attested use is in the 6th century BC. It was also used in Arcado-Cypriot as Template:IPA, replacing a previous labio-velar before a front vowel, where other dialects replaced it with Tau.

The Phoenician or the Greek letter was loaned into the Old Italic alphabets (𐌑, transcribed as Ś), in the archaic Etruscan alphabet retaining its M-shape but from the 6th century BC changing its aspect to a shape similar to that of the d-rune Image:Runic letter dagaz.png.Template:Writingsystem-stub