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| _____ | x 1 _____ |
x 2 _____ |
x 3 _____ |
x 4 _____ |
x 5 _____ |
x 6 _____ |
x 7 _____ |
x 8 _____ |
x 9 _____ |
| (ones) | A,a | B,b (v) |
G,g (gh) |
D,d (dh) |
E,e | - | Z,z | H,h (e, ê, i) |
8,8 (th) |
| (tens) | I,i | K,k | L,l | M,m | N,n | 3,3 (ks, x) |
O,o | P,p | - |
| (hundreds) | R,r (rh) |
S,s | T,t | U,u (y, v, i) |
F,f (ph) |
X,x (ch, kh) |
Þ,þ (ps) |
W,w (o, ô) |
- |
The underlying principles are:
(2) one Greek letter equals exactly one Latin letter.
(2) to preserve the 1-for-1 letter rule, eg "8,8" (theta), "3,3" (ksi), "X,x" (chi), and "Þ,þ" (psi). My use of thorn ("Þ,þ") for "psi" is non-standard.
Alternative English transcriptions are shown in parentheses.
Explanatory Notes
This Greek transcription is similar to one I have seen used on Usenet newsgroup soc.culture.greek.
(1) Standard phonetic Latin transcriptions for Classical Greek values are used as much as possible, and
Forms that look like the original Greek letters are favored only:
(1) to distinguish two Greek letters with similar pronunciation, eg "E,e" and "H,h" (epsilon and eta); "O,o" and "W,w" (omicron and omega), or
9 letters are shown per line, consistent with Classical Greek numeric values.
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