ISO 843 is a system for the

transliteration Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one writing system, script to another that involves swapping Letter (alphabet), letters (thus ''wikt:trans-#Prefix, trans-'' + ''wikt:littera#Latin, liter-'') in predictable ways, such as ...

and/or

transcription Transcription refers to the process of converting sounds (voice, music etc.) into letters or musical notes, or producing a copy of something in another medium, including: Genetics * Transcription (biology), the copying of DNA into RNA, the fir ...

of Greek characters into

Latin characters The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern Ital ...

.ISO 843:1997
International Organization for Standardization It was released by the

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in 1997. The transcription table is based on the first edition (1982) of the

ELOT 743 Romanization of Greek is the transliteration (letter-mapping) or transcription (sound-mapping) of text from the Greek alphabet into the Latin alphabet. History The conventions for writing and romanizing Ancient Greek and Modern Greek differ ma ...

transcription and transliteration system created by

ELOT The Hellenic Organization for Standardization ( el, Ελληνικός Οργανισμός Τυποποίησης, ''Ellīnikós Organismós Typopoíīsīs''; abbreviated ΕΛΟΤ in Greek and ELOT in English) is the national standards organizatio ...

and officially adopted by the Greek government. The transliteration table provided major changes to the original one by ELOT, which in turn aligned to ISO 843 for the second edition of its ELOT 743 (2001).

1997 edition

Transliteration (Type 1)

Exceptions: *double vowels are transliterated as au. The transliteration could also be "av" or "af", according to https://web.archive.org/web/20110809113951/http://www.passport.gov.gr/elot-743.html *double vowels are transliterated as eu *double vowels are transliterated as ou

Transcription (Type 2)

ISO 843 also includes a system for transcription, referred to as "Type 2" in the protocol.

Notes and references

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

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module covering a variety of writing systems. Transliteration according to several standards including ISO 843 and

DIN 31634 DIN or Din or din may refer to: People and language * Din (name), people with the name * Dīn, an Arabic word with three general senses: judgment, custom, and religion from which the name originates * Dinka language (ISO 639 code: din), spoken by ...

for Greek. {{DEFAULTSORT:Iso 843 Greek alphabet Romanization of Greek #00843 #00843

1997 edition

Transliteration (Type 1)

Transcription (Type 2)

See also

Notes and references

External links