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Wiktionary:Ancient Greek transliteration

These are the rules concerning transliteration in Ancient Greek entries. This page is an extension of Wiktionary:Ancient Greek entry guidelines. See also Category:Ancient Greek IPA templates. There is also a page Modern Greek romanization. The prescribed Romanization is the scientific transliteration; note that digraphs only affect pronunciation, not Romanization. The prescribed pronunciation systems here reflect the main prestige dialects during the three ancient Greek development periods. Classical Greek pronunciation reflects the conservative standard of the Attic-speaking regions of Attica, the northern Cyclades, Euboea and Chalcidice, and their colonies. Koine Greek pronunciation reflects the majority mixed dialect of Alexander's empire, especially that of Alexandria, the principal philosophical and literary center of the Hellenistic Greeks, and where Judeo-Christian scripture was translated into Greek. Byzantine Greek pronunciation reflects the habits of Constantinople and its close transitional dialects. Though it spanned almost all of Late Antiquity, it also spanned well into the Middle Ages until the 15th century (approximately 1200 years), as the Byzantine Roman world largely escaped the Dark Ages. Contemporary Greek pronunciation reflects how people in modern Greece and Cyprus pronounce classical words today. The standard is based on the polished speech register of Demotic Greek, including additional polished Cypriot articulations (in parentheses) where these do not exist in Athens.