Editing Koppa (letter) (section)

== Alphabetic ==
[[Image:Ravel 1008.2.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Corinthian [[stater]]. Obverse: [[Pegasus]] with koppa beneath, for Corinth. Reverse: [[Athena]] wearing a [[Corinthian helmet]].]]
[[Image:Hemiobol Corinth.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Corinthian [[obol (coin)|hemiobol]]. Obverse: Pegasus with koppa beneath, for Corinth. Reverse: [[Aphrodite]] wearing a ''sakkos'' headband.]]
In Phoenician, qoph was pronounced {{IPAblink|q}}; in Greek, which lacked such a sound, it was instead used for {{IPA|/k/}} before [[back vowel]]s [[Ο]], [[Υ]] and [[Ω]]. In this function, it was borrowed into the [[Old Italic alphabet|Italic alphabets]] and ultimately into Latin. However, as the sound {{IPA|/k/}} had two redundant spellings, koppa was eventually replaced by [[kappa]] (Κ) in Greek. It remained in use as a letter in some [[Doric Greek|Doric]] regions into the 5th century BC.<ref>{{cite book |title=Greek Writing from Knossos to Homer |last=Woodard |first=Roger D. |year=1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=0-19-510520-6 }}</ref>
[[File:Naukratisalphabets.png|thumb|Greek alphabets of Petrie's Naukratis I with qoppa]]
The koppa was used as a symbol for the city of [[Ancient Corinth|Corinth]], which was originally spelled {{lang|grc-x-doric|Ϙόρινθος}} {{Transliteration|grc-x-doric|Qórinthos}} in [[Doric Greek]].