How to Transliterate Modern Greek
Online catalogs such as OCLC Worldcat, RLIN Eureka, and your local library catalog, transliterate Modern Greek according to the rules set forth in ALA-LC Romanization Tables: Transliteration Schemes for Non-Roman Scripts. Randall K. Barry, ed. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 1991. Thus, to search for Greek authors or titles in an online catalog, the library user will need to transliterate according to the table below.
Greek Letter | Roman Letter |
| soft breathing | [omit] |
| rough breathing (before initial vowel) | h (before initial vowel) |
| alpha | a |
| beta | v |
| gamma | g |
| gamma gamma (with medial gamma) | ng (with medial gamma) |
| gamma kappa (with medial kappa) | nk (with medial kappa) |
| gamma ksi (with medial ksi) | nx (with medial ksi) |
| gamma chi (with medial chi) | nch (with medial chi) |
| delta | d |
| epsilon | e |
| zeta | z |
| eta | e |
| theta | th |
| iota | i |
| kappa | k |
| lamda | l |
| mu | m |
| mu pi (initial only) | b (initial only) |
| nu | n |
| nu tau (initial only) | n (initial only) |
| ksi | x |
| omicron | o |
| pi | p |
| rho | r |
| rho (aspritate) | r (aspirate) |
| sigma | s |
| tau | t |
| upsilon | y |
| upsilon (in diphthongs) | u (in diphthongs) |
| phi | ph |
| chi | ch |
| psi | ps |
| omega | o |
N.B.: diacritical marks (accents, dieresis, iota subscript, etc.) are omitted