my romanization of greek

consonants:

written	classical romanization	my romanization		notes
written	classical romanization	ancient greek	modern greek	notes
α	a	a/ā	a
αι	ae	ai	e
αυ	au	aw/āw	af	normally
αυ	av	aw/āw	before vowel or voiced consonant
β	b		v
γ	g		gh/ḡ	normally
γ	g		y	before e or i
γγ	ng
γκ			g	start of word
γκ	ng			middle or end of word
γξ	nx
γχ	nch	nkh	nh
δ	d		dh/ḏ
ε	e
ει	e/i	ei	i
ευ	eu	ew	ef	normally
ευ	ev	ew	before vowel or voiced consonant
ζ	z
η	e	ē	i
ηυ	eu	ēw	if	normally
ηυ	iv	ēw	before vowel or voiced consonant
θ	th
ι	i	i/ī	i
(ϳ)	j	y
κ	c	k
κγ	gg?	gg
λ	l	l
μ	m
μπ			b	start of word
μπ	mp		mb	middle or end of word
ν	n
ντ			dd	start of word
ντ	nt		nd	middle or end of word
ξ	x
ο	o
οι	oe	oi		i
ου	o/u	u
π	p
ρ	r
ῥ	rh
σ/ς, (ϻ)	s
τ	t
υ	y		i
υι/ῡ	ui/yi	ȳ	i
(ϝ)	v	w
φ	ph		f
χ	ch	kh	h
ψ	ps
ω	o	ō	o
ωυ	oy	ōw	oi
(ϙ)		q	only for typological purposes in romanization
(ͳ)		ts
´		´*
`		´*
◌̔	h
◌̓
◌̃/◌̑		ˆ
◌̈		◌̈*

more complex ancient greek vowels:

letter(s) (greek)	romanization
letter(s) (greek)	no accents	acute	grave	circumflex
α, ε, ι, ο, υ	a, e, i, o, y	á, é, í, ó, ý	á, é, í, ó, ý (recommended) or à, è, ì, ò, ỳ
ᾱ, ῑ, ῡ	ā, ī, ȳ	ǎ, ǐ, y̌	ǎ, ǐ, y̌ (recommended) or ā̀, ī̀, ȳ̀	â, î, ŷ
η, ω	ē, ō	ě, ǒ	ě, ǒ (recommended) or ḕ, ṑ	ê, ô
αι, αυ, ει, ευ, οι, ου, υι	ai, au, ei, eu, oi, ū, yi	ái, áu, éi, éu, ói, ǔ, ýi	ái, áu, éi, éu, ói, ǔ, ýi (recommended) or ài, àu, èi, èu, òi, ū̀, ỳi	áì, áù, éì, éù, óì, û, ýì
ᾱι, ᾱυ, ηι, ηυ, ωι, ωυ	āi, āu, ēi, ēu, ōi, ōu	ǎi, ǎu, ěi, ěu, ǒi, ǒu	ǎi, ǎu, ěi, ěu, ǒi, ǒu, (recommended) or ā̀i, ā̀u, ḕi, ḕu, ṑi, ṑu	âi, âu, êi, êu, ôi, ôu
αϊ, αϋ, εϊ, εϋ, οϊ, οϋ, υϊ	aï, ay, eï, ey, oï, oy, yï	áï, áy, éï, éy, óï, óy, ýï	áï, áy, éï, éy, óï, óy, ýï (recommended) or àï, ày, èï, èy, òï, òy, ỳï
ᾱϊ, ᾱϋ, ηϊ, ηϋ, ωϊ, ωϋ	āï, āy, ēï, ēy, ōï, ōy	ǎï, ǎy, ěï, ěy, ǒï, ǒy	ǎï, ǎy, ěï, ěy, ǒï, ǒy, (recommended) or ā̀ï, ā̀y, ḕï, ḕy, ṑï, ṑy	âï, ây, êï, êy, ôï, ôy

other notes (modern greek)

acute, grave, and circumflex must fall on the first vowel of a diphthong.

unstressed i disappears between y and a vowel, and it turns into y between a consonant in the list (v,b,f,d,dd,th,g,gg,h,r,s,z) and a vowel (and not before a r before a consonant). examples:

βιβλίο -> vivlío

ιός -> iós

μικρός -> mikrós

καράβια -> karávya

φωτιά -> fotyá

για -> ya

χιόνι -> hyómi

κιάλια -> kyálya

νοιάζομαι -> nyázome

examples:

Ἅ̄ιδης

	ancient greek					modern greek
	ΖΕΎΣ	ΠΟΤΑΜΟΊ	ἈΧΕΛΩ͂ΙΟΣ	ϘΌΡΙΝΘΟΣ	ΥἽ	Ζευς	Αχελώος	Νήσος Μπουβέ	Κούβα	Εύβοια
meaning	Zeus	rivers; the potamoi	Achelous river	Corinth (ancient doric variety)	dative singular of ὗς (hŷs, 'pig') (e.g. "(the) pig" in "She gave the pig food.")	Zeus	Achelous river	Bouvet island	Cuba	Euboea
pronunciation (ipa)	/zděu̯s/ → /ˈzeʍs/ → /ˈzeɸs/ → /ˈzefs/	/po.ta.mǒi̯/ → /po.taˈmy/ → /po.taˈmy/ → /po.taˈmi/	/a.kʰe.lɔ̂ːi̯.os/ → /a.kʰeˈlo.os/ → /a.çeˈlo.os/ → /a.çeˈlo.os/	/kó.rin.tʰos/ → /ˈko.rin.θos/ → /ˈko.rin.θos/	/hy̌ː/ → /ˈ(h)y/→/ˈy/→/ˈi/	/ˈzefs/	/a.çeˈlo.os/	/ˈni.sos buˈve/	/ˈku.va/	/ˈe.vʝa/
classical romanization	Zeus	potamoi	Acheloos	Corinthos	hy
my romanization	Zéws	potamói	Akhelō̂ios	Qórinthos	hȳ́	Zefs	Ahelóos	Nísos Buvé	Kúva	Évvya
mine with experimental ancient greek vowels	Zéus	potamói	Akhelâios	Qórinthos	hýi
Wiktionary's romanization	Zeús	potămoí	Akhelōîos	Qórinthos	huí	Zefs	Achelóos	Nísos Bouvé	Koúva	Évvoia
notes				would be k instead of q, only included in typological contexts

also, this is for english. changes must be made for other languages, like writing dh as dd in Welsh and writing ly and ny as ll and ñ in spanish.

this system can be altered to show the root pronunciation of a noun/verb. here are some examples:

κόραξ -> kóraks (-> kórax)
πτέρυξ -> ptérygs (-> ptéryx)
θρίξ -> thríkhs (-> thríx)

τρɩχός -> thrikhós (-> trikhós)
θριξί -> thrikhsí (-> thrixí)

γύψ -> gýps
φάψ -> phábs (-> pháps)
σκνίψ -> skníphs (-> sknips)
τάπης -> tápets (-> tápēs)
γέρων -> géronts (-> gérōn)
πούς -> póds (-> pǔs)
ὄρνις -> órniths (-> órnis)
γίγᾱς -> gígans (-> gígās)
κτῆμα -> ktêmat (-> ktêma)
ακτῑ́ς -> aktín (-> aktǐs)

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