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Wiktionary:Greek transliteration/Old

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The table below is now superseded by Wiktionary:Greek transliteration

Important note:

The transliteration of Greek letters into Roman characters is not to intended provide a phonetic representation of a word. The correct place for the pronunciation of a word is in the ===Pronunciation=== section.
Romanisation is a (usually systematic) respelling of a word in Roman characters intended for those who cannot read foreign alphabets or who lack the necessary fonts.

There are a number of bodies working on tables for the transliteration of Greek words into Roman script. These are those where a reproducible methodology is essential, chiefly geographers and librarians who need to fix the Romanised equivalent of a Greek placename or book name. There is a similar page covering Ancient Greek transliteration

The following will help identify the sources mentioned at the head of the table below:


  English Wiktionary ELOT 743
BGN/PCGN
1996 		UN
(ELOT 743)
1987 		ALA-LC
 
1997 		BGN/PCGN
 
1962
α a a a a a
αι ai ai ai ai e
άι ái ái ái ai é
αϊ aï aï aï ai aï
αυ av, af, ay [1] av, af, ay [1] av, af [2] au av
β v v v b, v v
γ g g g g g, y [3]
γγ ng ng ng [4] ng ng
γξ nx nx nx [4] nx nx
γκ gk gk gk nk g, ng [5]
γχ nch nch nch [4] nch nkh
δ d d d d dh, d [6]
ε e e e e e
ει ei ei ei ei i
έι éi éi ei í
εϊ eï eï ei eï eï
ευ ev, ef, ey [7] ev, ef, ey [7] ev, ef [8] eu ev
ζ z z z z z
η i i i i [4] i
ηυ iv, if, iy [9] iv, if, iy [9] iv, if [4][10] ēu iv
θ th th th th th
ι i i i i i
κ k k k k k
λ l l l l l
μ m m m m m
μπ b, mp [11] b, mp [11] b, mp [11] b [12] b, mp [11]
ν n n n n n
ντ nt nt nt d [12] d, nd, nt [13]
ξ x x x x x
ο o o o o o
οι oi oi oi oi i
όι ói ói oi í
οϊ oï oï oï oi oï
ου ou, oy [14] ou, oy [14] ou ou ou
π p p p p p
ρ r r r r r
σ, ς s s [15] s s s
τ t t t t t
υ y y y y, u [16] i
υι yi yi yi i
φ f f f ph f
χ ch ch ch ch kh
ψ ps ps ps ps ps
ω o [4] o o [4] o o

NotesEdit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 av - before β, γ, δ, ζ, λ, μ, ν, ρ and vowels, af - before θ, κ, ξ, π, σ, τ, φ, χ, ψ and at the end of a word, ay - after accented vowel or when ϋ
  2. ^ av - before β, γ, δ, ζ, λ, μ, ν, ρ and vowels, af - before θ, κ, ξ, π, σ, τ, φ, χ, ψ and at the end of a word
  3. ^ y - before αι, ε, ει, η, ι, οι, υ, υι
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 a macron can be added to aid reversibility
  5. ^ g at the beginning of a word, ng in medial position
  6. ^ d - between ν and ρ
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 ev - before β, γ, δ, ζ, λ, μ, ν, ρ and vowels, ef - before θ, κ, ξ, π, σ, τ, φ, χ, ψ and at the end of a word, ey - after accented vowel or when ϋ
  8. ^ ev - before β, γ, δ, ζ, λ, μ, ν, ρ and vowels, ef - before θ, κ, ξ, π, σ, τ, φ, χ, ψ and at the end of a word
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 iv - before β, γ, δ, ζ, λ, μ, ν, ρ and vowels, if - before θ, κ, ξ, π, σ, τ, φ, χ, ψ and at the end of a word, iy - after accented vowel or when ϋ
  10. ^ iv - before β, γ, δ, ζ, λ, μ, ν, ρ and vowels, if - before θ, κ, ξ, π, σ, τ, φ, χ, ψ and at the end of a word
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 b initially or terminally; medially mp
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 initially only
  13. ^ d - initially, nd = medially, nt in ντζ
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 oy when όυ or οϋ
  15. ^ ς when terminal
  16. ^ u in αυ, ευ, ηυ, ου
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