Greek alphabet Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Romanization === {{Main|Romanization of Greek}} There are many different methods of rendering Greek text or Greek names in the Latin script.{{sfn|Verbrugghe|1999|pages=499–511}} The form in which classical Greek names are conventionally rendered in English goes back to the way Greek loanwords were incorporated into Latin in antiquity.{{sfn|Verbrugghe|1999|pages=499–502}} In this system, {{angbr|{{lang|el|κ}}}} is replaced with {{angbr|c}}, the diphthongs {{angbr|{{lang|el|αι}}}} and {{angbr|{{lang|el|οι}}}} are rendered as {{angbr|ae}} and {{angbr|oe}} (or {{angbr|æ,œ}}) respectively; and {{angbr|{{lang|el|ει}}}} and {{angbr|{{lang|el|ου}}}} are simplified to {{angbr|i}} and {{angbr|u}} respectively.{{sfn|Verbrugghe|1999|pages=499–502, 510–511}} Smooth breathing marks are usually ignored and rough breathing marks are usually rendered as the letter {{angbr|h}}.{{sfn|Verbrugghe|1999|pages=499–502, 509}} In modern scholarly transliteration of Ancient Greek, {{angbr|{{lang|el|κ}}}} will usually be rendered as {{angbr|k}}, and the vowel combinations {{angbr|{{lang|el|αι}}, οι, ει, ου}} as {{angbr|ai, oi, ei, ou}} respectively.{{sfn|Verbrugghe|1999|pages=499–511}} The letters {{angbr|{{lang|el|θ}}}} and {{angbr|{{lang|el|φ}}}} are generally rendered as {{angbr|th}} and {{angbr|ph}}; {{angbr|{{lang|el|χ}}}} as either {{angbr|ch}} or {{angbr|kh}}; and word-initial {{angbr|{{lang|el|ρ}}}} as {{angbr|rh}}.{{sfn|Verbrugghe|1999|pages=510–511}} Transcription conventions for Modern Greek{{sfn|Verbrugghe|1999|pages=505–507, 510–511}} differ widely, depending on their purpose, on how close they stay to the conventional letter correspondences of Ancient Greek-based transcription systems, and to what degree they attempt either an exact letter-by-letter [[transliteration]] or rather a phonetically based transcription.{{sfn|Verbrugghe|1999|pages=505–507, 510–511}} Standardized formal transcription systems have been defined by the [[International Organization for Standardization]] (as [[ISO 843]]),{{sfn|Verbrugghe|1999|pages=505–507, 510–511}}<ref name="ISO843">{{cite book|title=ISO 843:1997 (Conversion of Greek characters into Latin characters)|url=https://www.iso.org/standard/5215.html|url-access=subscription|author=ISO|author-link=International Organization for Standardization|year=2010}}</ref> by the [[United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Greek|url=http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_el.htm|author=UNGEGN Working Group on Romanization Systems|access-date=2012-07-15|year=2003}}</ref> by the [[ALA-LC romanization|Library of Congress]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Greek (ALA-LC Romanization Tables)|website=[[Library of Congress]]|url=https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/greek.pdf|year=2010}}</ref> and others. {|class="wikitable" |- !scope="col" | Letter !scope="col" | Traditional Latin transliteration{{sfn|Verbrugghe|1999|pages=510–511}} |- | {{lang|el|Α α}} | style='background: #ffffe6;' | A a |- | {{lang|el|Β β}} | style='background: #ffffe6;' | B b |- | {{lang|el|Γ γ}} | G g |- | {{lang|el|Δ δ}} | D d |- | {{lang|el|Ε ε}} | style='background: #ffffe6;' | E e |- | {{lang|el|Ζ ζ}} | style='background: #ffffe6;' | Z z |- | {{lang|el|Η η}} | style='background: #ffe6e6;' | Ē ē |- | {{lang|el|Θ θ}} | Th th |- | {{lang|el|Ι ι}} | style='background: #ffffe6;' | I i |- | {{lang|el|Κ κ}} | style='background: #ffffe6;' | C c, K k |- | {{lang|el|Λ λ}} | L l |- | {{lang|el|Μ μ}} | style='background: #ffffe6;' | M m |- | {{lang|el|Ν ν}} | style='background: #ffffe6;' | N n |- | {{lang|el|Ξ ξ}} | X x |- | {{lang|el|Ο ο}} | style='background: #ffffe6;' | O o |- | {{lang|el|Π π}} | P p |- | {{lang|el|Ρ ρ}} | style='background: #ffe6e6;' | R r, Rh rh |- | {{lang|el|Σ σ}}/ς | S s |- | {{lang|el|Τ τ}} | style='background: #ffffe6;' | T t |- | {{lang|el|Υ υ}} | style='background: #ffffe6;' | Y y, U u |- | {{lang|el|Φ φ}} | Ph ph |- | {{lang|el|Χ χ}} | style='background: #ffe6e6;' | Ch ch, Kh kh |- | {{lang|el|Ψ ψ}} | Ps ps |- | {{lang|el|Ω ω}} | Ō ō |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page