Wiktionary:Greek transliteration

These are the rules concerning transliteration in Greek entries.

• This table is intended as a guide for those unfamiliar with the Greek alphabet. There is another page covering Ancient Greek transliteration.

• The transliteration of Greek letters into Roman characters is not intended to provide a phonetic representation of a word. The correct place for that is under the Pronunciation heading.

• Equivalences have been sought amongst data produced by librarians and geographers, professional people who need to transliterate names: for use in library catalogues, in gazetteers and for the labelling of maps, places where a reproducible methodology is essential. Due to the nature of Greek spelling, transliteration is often irreversible.

• ISO 843 (1997, TR) was obtained from values shown at Eesti Keele Instituut (pdf file), other sources are shown at the foot of this page.

Greek	Roman	Notes
αあるふぁ	a
ά	á
αあるふぁιいおた	ai
αί	aí
αϊ	aï
αΐ	aḯ
άι	ái
αあるふぁυうぷしろん	av	when αあるふぁυうぷしろん is followed by: βべーた,γがんま,δでるた,ζぜーた,λらむだ,μみゅー,νにゅー,ρろー or a vowel
αあるふぁυうぷしろん	af	when αあるふぁυうぷしろん is followed by: θしーた,κかっぱ,ξくしー,πぱい,σしぐま,ς,τたう,φふぁい,χかい,ψぷさい and at the end of a word
αύ	áv	when αύ is followed by: βべーた,γがんま,δでるた,ζぜーた,λらむだ,μみゅー,νにゅー,ρろー or a vowel
αύ	áf	when αύ is followed by: θしーた,κかっぱ,ξくしー,πぱい,σしぐま,ς,τたう,φふぁい,χかい,ψぷさい and at the end of a word
αϋ	aÿ
αΰ	aÿ́
άυ	áy
βべーた	v
γがんま	g
γがんまγがんま	ng
γがんまκかっぱ	gk
γがんまξくしー	nx
γがんまχかい	nch
δでるた	d
εいぷしろん	e
έ	é
εいぷしろんιいおた	ei
εί	eí
εϊ	eï
εΐ	eḯ
έι	éi
εいぷしろんυうぷしろん	ev	when εいぷしろんυうぷしろん is followed by: βべーた,γがんま,δでるた,ζぜーた,λらむだ,μみゅー,νにゅー,ρろー or a vowel
εいぷしろんυうぷしろん	ef	when εいぷしろんυうぷしろん is followed by: θしーた,κかっぱ,ξくしー,πぱい,σしぐま,ς,τたう,φふぁい,χかい,ψぷさい and at the end of a word
εύ	év	when εύ is followed by: βべーた,γがんま,δでるた,ζぜーた,λらむだ,μみゅー,νにゅー,ρろー or a vowel
εύ	éf	when εύ is followed by: θしーた,κかっぱ,ξくしー,πぱい,σしぐま,ς,τたう,φふぁい,χかい,ψぷさい and at the end of a word
εϋ	eÿ
εΰ	eÿ́
έυ	éy
ζぜーた	z
ηいーた	i
ή	í
ήι	íi
ηいーたυうぷしろん	iv	when ηいーたυうぷしろん is followed by: βべーた,γがんま,δでるた,ζぜーた,λらむだ,μみゅー,νにゅー,ρろー or a vowel
ηいーたυうぷしろん	if	when ηいーたυうぷしろん is followed by: θしーた,κかっぱ,ξくしー,πぱい,σしぐま,ς,τたう,φふぁい,χかい,ψぷさい and at the end of a word
ηύ	ív	when ηύ is followed by: βべーた,γがんま,δでるた,ζぜーた,λらむだ,μみゅー,νにゅー,ρろー or a vowel
ηύ	íf	when ηύ is followed by: θしーた,κかっぱ,ξくしー,πぱい,σしぐま,ς,τたう,φふぁい,χかい,ψぷさい and at the end of a word
ηϋ	iÿ
ηΰ	iÿ́
ήυ	íy
θしーた	th
ιいおた	i
ί	í
ϊ	ï
ΐ	ḯ
κかっぱ	k
λらむだ	l
μみゅー	m
μみゅーπぱい	b	at the beginning of a word
μみゅーπぱい	mp	medially and finally
νにゅー	n
νにゅーτたう	d	at the beginning of a word
νにゅーτたう	nt	medially and finally (not d or nd)
ξくしー	x
οおみくろん	o
ό	ó
οおみくろんιいおた	oi
οί	oí
οϊ	oï
οΐ	oḯ
οおみくろんυうぷしろん	ou
ού	oú
οϋ	oÿ
όυ	óy
πぱい	p
ρろー	r
σしぐま	s
ς	s
τたう	t
υうぷしろん	y
ύ	ý
ϋ	ÿ
ΰ	ÿ́
υうぷしろんιいおた	yi
φふぁい	f
χかい	ch
ψぷさい	ps
ωおめが	o
ώ	ó

Sources

The following sources show transliteration systems - some values differ and are not used on Wiktionary:

• Working Group on Romanization Systems of United Nations group of experts on geographical names (UNGEGN).
• PCGN The Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (for British official use).
• American Library Association, Library of Congress