Template:Greek trans

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Shortcut: {{gktr}}

Usage

This template can be used to enter polytonic (accented) Greek words and short phrases using an ordinary English keyboard, together with a tooltip giving transliteration into Latin characters. Each character, or in a few cases a short group, is passed as a separate parameter. Up to 100 parameters can be passed.

Simple characters
To obtain:	Α	Β	Γ	Δ	Ε	Ζ	Η	Θ	Ι	Κ	Λ	Μ	Ν	Ξ	Ο	Π	Ρ	Σ	Τ	Υ	Φ	Χ	Ψ	Ω
Enter:	A	B	G	D	E	Z	J or Ê¹	TH or Th²	I	K	L	M	N	X	O	P	R	S	T	U or Y³	PH or Ph²	CH or Ch²	PS or Ps²	W or Ô¹
To obtain:	α	β	γ	δ	ε	ζ	η	θ	ι	κ	λ	μ	ν	ξ	ο	π	ρ	σ or ς⁴	τ	υ	φ	χ	ψ	ω	?	·
Enter:	a	b	g	d	e	z	j or ê¹	th	i	k	l	m	n	x	o	p	r	s	t	u or y³	ph	ch	ps	w or ô¹	qu	;

Aspiration				Accents			Asp. + Acc.			Length		Dialytika				Aspirated diphthongs⁵						Asp. diph. with accents⁵						Iota subscripts⁶
Ἁ	ἁ	Ἀ	ἀ	ά	ᾶ	ὰ	ἅ	ἄ	(κτλ.)	ᾱ	ᾰ	ϊ	ΐ	ῗ	ῒ	ΑἹ	Αἱ	αἱ	ΑἸ	Αἰ	αἰ	ΑἽ	Αἵ	αἵ	ΑἼ	Αἴ	αἴ	ᾼ	ῌ	ῼ	ᾳ	ῃ	ῳ
Ha or HA²	ha	)A	)a	/a	^a	\a	h\a	)\a	(etc.)	¬a	>a	"i	/"i	^"i	\"i	HAI	Hai	hai	)AI	)Ai	)ai	HA/I	Ha/i	ha/i	)A/I	)A/i	)a/i	A,	J,	W,	a,	j,	w,

Consonant combinations						Numbers
γγ	γκ	γξ	γχ	ῥ	ῤῥ	͵ασλδʹ
ng	nk	nx	nch	rh	rrh	1234

¹ The circumflexed vowel will be used in the tooltip.

² The capitalisation used is preserved in the tooltip.

³ The use of y for upsilon after a consonant or aspirate is a popular convention: the y option is not supported in aspirated diphthongs (see below).
The u or y as used will appear in the tooltip.

⁴ Interpreted according to the next character. In exceptional cases smed can be used to force σ, sfin ς.

⁵ Diphthongs are αι, ει, οι, αυ, ευ, ηυ, and ου. There is no special code for unaspirated diphthongs: code as if two separate vowels.
Note that the aspiration marks are coded before the first vowel although in the Greek they are displayed on the second

⁶ May be preceded by aspiration and/or accent codes. ê and ô may be coded instead of j and w.

Examples

`{{gktr\|S\|ô\|k\|r\|/a\|t\|ê\|s}}`	Σωκράτης
`{{gktr\|g\|n\|^w\|th\|i\|\|s\|e\|a\|u\|t\|/o\|n}}`	γνῶθι σεαυτόν
`{{gktr\|He/u\|r\|j\|k\|a\|!}}`	Εὕρηκα!
`{{gktr\|5\|\|)/a\|r\|t\|o\|u\|s\|\|k\|a\|\i\|\|2\|\|)i\|ch\|th\|/y\|a\|s}}`	εʹ ἄρτους καὶ βʹ ἰχθύας
`{{gktr\|)a\|r\|i\|th\|m\|\o\|s\|\|)au\|t\|o\|^u\|\|666}}`	ἀριθμὸς αὐτοῦ χξϚʹ

Acknowledgment

The accent coding scheme is derived from that devised by Colin Bell at Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders, with some modifications (i.e. not using "|") to fit in with Template Syntax. Details.

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