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The Arvanitic alphabet uses the Greek script to write the Arvanitic language, similar to other older Albanian alphabets which also used the Greek script. There is no standard version; the Greek alphabet is normally used with the script-mixing addition of the Cyrillic script/Latin script capital/small letter Б/b, and Latin script capital/small letters D/d and J/j. The following version is the one used in an Arvanitic translation of the Bible. This version of the script uses the traditional Greek ou ligature (similar to an "8") for the sound [u]. It also uses additional diacritics: a tilde below the letter ε to denote the schwa sound ə; and a diaeresis or dot above various letters for palatalised consonants and other consonantal variants that do not exist in Greek.

Majuscule	Minuscule	Equivalent in Modern Albanian orthography	IPA	ENGLISH
Α	α	a	æ	a in cat
Β	β	v	v	v in van
Б	b	b	b	b in box
Γ	γ	g	g	g in got
Γ̇	γ̇	gj	ɟ	g in Giza
Δ	δ	dh	ð	th in them
D	d	d	d	d in dog
Ε	ε	e	ɛ	e in bed
Ε̰	ε̰	ë	ə	a in again
Ζ	ζ	z	z	z in zebra
Ζ̇	ζ̇	zh	ʒ	s in pleasure
Θ	θ	th	θ	th in thing
Ι	ι	i	i	e in be
J	j	j	j	y in yacht
Κ	κ	k	k	c in cot
Κ̇	κ̇	q	c	k in keep
Λ	λ	l	l	l in let
Λ̇	λ̇	lj	ʎ	Italian gl
Μ	μ	m	m	m in man
Ν	ν	n	n	n in nod
Ν̇	ν̇	nj	ɲ	n in new
Ο	ο	o	o	o in lock
Π	π	p	p	p in piece
Ρ	ρ	r	ɾ	Spanish r
Ρ̇	ρ̇	rr	r	Spanish rr
Σ	σ	s	s	s in soon
Σ̈	σ̈	sh	ʃ	sh in shoot
Τ	τ	t	t	t in tear
Ȣ	ȣ	u	u	oo in soon
Υ	υ	y	y	French u
Φ	φ	f	f	f in fat
Χ̇	χ̇	h	h	h in hot
ΤΣ	τσ	c	ʦ	ts in cats
ΤΣ̈	τσ̈	ç	ʧ	ch in cheese
DΣ	dσ	x	ʣ	ds in pads
DΣ̈	dσ̈	xh	ʤ	j in jam

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