my romanization of greek

written	my romanization		notes
written	ancient greek	modern greek	notes
α	a/ā	a
αι	ai	e
αυ	au/āu	af	normally
αυ	au/āu	av	before vowel or voiced consonant
β	b	v
γ	g	g	normally
γ	g	y	before e or i (note: the i dissapears in yi before a vowel)
γγ	ng
γκ		gg	start of word
γκ	nk		middle or end of word
γξ	nx
γχ	nkh	nh
δ	d
ε	e
ει	ei	i
ευ	eu	ef	normally
ευ	eu	ev	before vowel or voiced consonant
ζ	z	z
η	ē	i
ηυ	ēu	if	normally
ηυ	ēu	iv	before vowel or voiced consonant
θ	th
ι	i/ī
κ	k
λ	l
μ	m
μπ		b	start of word
mp		middle or end of word
ν	n
ντ		dd	start of word
ντ	nt		middle or end of word
ξ	x
ο	o
οι	oi	i
ου	u
π	p
ρ	r
σ/ς	s
τ	t
υ	y	i
υι	&ymacr;	i
φ	ph	f
χ	kh	h
ψ	ps
ω	ō	o
ωυ	ōu	oi
´
`
◌̔	h
◌̓
◌̃/◌̑	ˆ
◌̈			a diaeresis might be added if a new ambiguity is created by the romanization

note: this is for english. changes must be made for other languages, like swapping d and dd in Welsh.

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