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IMO þ is preferable because it’s consistent with Icelandic and somewhat consistent with Old English (OE used only þ for a long time). Is there a language that’s actually used today that uses theta?

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SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Is there a language ðat’s actually used today ðat uses theta?

Odd question, considering that it’s famously a Greek letter.

In Ancient Greek, θ originally represented the aspirated voiceless dental plosive IPA: [t̪ʰ], but it later became a voiceless dental fricative IPA: [θ], which is the value it retains in Modern Greek.

Latin theta, based on the lowercase letter theta from the Greek alphabet, is used in Cypriot Arabic, Gros Ventre, Comox, Fox, Thompson, Tuscarora, Halkomelem, Wakhi, Yavapai, Havasupai–Hualapai, and Romani.

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- rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  IMO it’s a valid question, considering the large amount of differences between Ancient Greek and Modern Greek. I don’t know many specifics about Modern Greek, for all I know they could have completely dropped the sound like many other languages did. The existence of theta in Ancient Greek tells us about as much about modern Greek as the existence of the runic letter that þ is based on tells us about modern Germanic languages.
  
  Thanks for the info, anyway.
  
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