Editing Beta (section)

{{short description|Second letter of the Greek alphabet}}
{{Distinguish|B|Betta|Ve (Cyrillic)}}
{{for-multi|the German eszett|ß|the Chinese radical|阝|the Malayalam script|ദ||Beta (disambiguation)}}
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{{Greek Alphabet|letter=beta}}
'''Beta''' ({{IPAc-en|UK|ˈ|b|iː|t|ə}}, {{IPAc-en|US|ˈ|b|eɪ|t|ə|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Beta.wav}}; uppercase {{Script|Grek|'''Β'''}}, lowercase {{not a typo|{{Script|Grek|'''β'''}}}}, or [[cursive Greek|cursive]] {{Script|Grek|[[#Typography|{{not a typo|ϐ}}]]}}; {{langx|grc|βῆτα|bē̂ta}} or {{langx|el|βήτα|víta}}) is the second letter of the [[Greek alphabet]]. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 2. In [[Ancient Greek]], beta represented the [[voiced bilabial plosive]] {{IPA|el|b|IPA}}. In [[Modern Greek]], it represents the [[voiced bilabial fricative]] {{IPA|el|β|IPA}} while {{IPA|el|b|IPA}} in borrowed words is instead commonly transcribed as μπ.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UN Romanization of Greek for Geographical Names (1987) |url=http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_el.htm |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=www.eki.ee}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pronouncing the Greek Alphabet |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/the-greek-alphabet-1705558 |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=ThoughtCo |language=en}}</ref> Letters that arose from beta include the Roman letter {{angle bracket|[[B]]}} and the Cyrillic letters {{angle bracket|[[Be (Cyrillic)|Б]]}} and {{angle bracket|[[Ve (Cyrillic)|В]]}}.