Table 2.

Frequency of occurrence of phonemes in Modern Greek spoken language and frequency of preschool lists 1 and 2 (IPA: International Phonetic Alphabet).

	Phonemes IPA Symbol	Frequency Spoken Language	List 1 Frequency (%)	List 2 Frequency (%)
1	a	12.26	11.89	11.45
2	ε	10.40	8.81	8.81
3	i	14.25	13.22	13.22
4	o	9.49	8.37	8.37
5	u	2.50	1.76	2.20
6	ʎ	4.18	4.85	5.29
7	θ	1.11	0.44	0.88
8	ð	2.04	1.32	1.32
9	b	0.26	0.44	0.44
10	d	0.54	1.32	0.88
11	ts	0.11	0.44	0.44
12	dz	0.02	0.44	0.44
13	p	4.36	4.41	5.29
14	m	3.69	3.52	3.52
15	f	1.28	2.20	2.64
16	v	0.88	1.32	1.76
17	t	7.54	6.61	6.61
18	z	0.54	0.44	0.88
19	s	7.68	8.81	7.49
20	n	6.17	4.85	4.85
21	g	0.12	0.44	0.44
22	l	2.77	3.52	3.08
23	k	2.62	3.08	1.76
24	𝒳	0.60	1.32	1.76
25		0.74	1.32	1.32
26	c	1.79	1.76	0.88
27	ç	0.88	1.32	2.20
28		0.98	0.88	0.44
29	ʎ	0.11	0.44	0.88
30	ɲ	0.10	0.44	0.44
Total		100.00	100.00	100.00