Editing Eta (section)

===Itacism===
During the time of post-classical [[Koiné Greek]], the {{IPA|el|ɛː|}} sound represented by eta was [[Vowel height|raised]] and merged with several other formerly distinct vowels, a phenomenon called ''iotacism'' or ''[[itacism]]'', after the new pronunciation of the letter name as ''ita'' instead of ''eta''.

Itacism is continued into [[Modern Greek]], where the letter name is pronounced {{IPA|[ˈita]}} and represents the [[close front unrounded vowel]], {{IPA|el|i|}}. It shares this function with several other letters ([[Iota|ι]], [[Upsilon|υ]]) and [[Digraph (orthography)|digraphs]] (ει, οι, υι), which are all pronounced alike.