ISO 843

ISO 843 is a system for the transliteration and/or transcription of Greek characters into Latin characters.

1997 edition

Transliteration

Greek		Latin		Unicode				Notes
				Hex		Dec
Α	α	A	a
Ά	ά	Á	á	00C1	00E1	193	225
Β	β	V	v
Γ	γ	G	g
Δ	δ	D	d
Ε	ε	E	e
Έ	έ	É	é	00C9	00E9	201	233
Ζ	ζ	Z	z
Η	η	Ī or I¯	ī or i¯	012A	012B	298	299
Ή	ή	Ī́ or ͯ	ī́ or í¯	Ī+0301	ī+0301	Ī+769	ī+769	combining acute accent
Θ	θ	TH Th	th
Ι	ι	I	i
Ί	ί	Í	í	00CD	00ED	205	237
Ϊ	ϊ	Ï	ï	00CF	00EF	207	239
	ΐ		ḯ		1E2F		7727
Κ	κ	K	k
Λ	λ	L	l
Μ	μ	M	m
Ν	ν	N	n
Ξ	ξ	X	x
Ο	ο	O	o
Ό	ό	Ó	ó	00D3	00F3	211	243
Π	π	P	p
Ρ	ρ	R	r
Σ	σ, ς	S	s
Τ	τ	T	t
Υ	υ	Y	y
Ύ	ύ	Ý	ý	00DD	00FD	221	253
Ϋ	ϋ	Ÿ	ÿ	0178	00FF	376	255
	ΰ		ÿ́		ÿ+0301		ÿ+769	combining acute accent
Φ	φ	F	f
Χ	χ	CH Ch	ch
Ψ	ψ	PS Ps	ps
Ω	ω	Ō or O¯	ō or o¯	014C	014D	332	333
Ώ	ώ	Ṓ or Ó¯	ṓ or ó¯	1E52	1E53	7762	7763

Exceptions:

• double vowels αυ are transliterated as au
• double vowels ευ are transliterated as eu
• double vowels ου are transliterated as ou

Transcription

ISO 843 also includes a system for transcription.

See also

• List of ISO standards
• List of ISO transliterations
• Romanization of Greek

External links

• Transliteration of Non-Roman Scripts -A collection of writing systems and transliteration tables, by Thomas T. Pedersen. PDF reference charts include ISO 843.
• Lingua::Translit Perl module covering a variety of writing systems. Transliteration according to several standards including ISO 843 and DIN 31634 for Greek.