Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of SpecificNames

Timestamp:

May 31, 2019, 3:03:22 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

Nescio

Comment:

Greek (proposal)

SpecificNames

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 Ancient Greek is the language used for the Athenians, Macedonians, Ptolemies, Seleucids, and Spartans.
 
+There exist numerous systems to transcribe Greek; one is not intrinsically better than any other. However, consistency matters, so please stick to the system listed below:
+* consonants:
+  * β, π, φ → b, p, ph
+  * γ, κ, χ → g, k, kh
+  * δ, τ, θ → d, t, th
+  * σ/ς, ζ, ξ, ψ → s, z, x, ps
+  * λ, μ, ν → l, m, n
+  * ρ → r, but initial ῥ → rh
+* vowels and diphthongs (use a dictionary to check vowel length):
+  * α, αι, αυ, ᾱ, ᾳ, ᾱυ → a, ai, au, ā, āi, āu
+  * ε, ει, ευ → e, ei, eu
+  * η, ῃ, ηυ → ē, ēi, ēu
+  * ι, ῑ → i, ī
+  * ο, οι, ου → o, oi, ou
+  * υ, υι, ῡ → u, ui, ū
+  * ω, ῳ, ωυ → ō, ōi, ōu
+Other things to take care of:
+* accents are meaningful, therefore write the correct ones (which can change depending on position), differentiate between e.g. α, ά, ᾶ, ὰ. 
+* names are in the nominative; also check the number (singular, dual, plural) and gender (masculine, feminine, neuter); adjectives should match the nouns
+
 == Latin
 Classical Latin is the language used for the Romans.
+
 Writing Latin is easy, because, well, it uses the Latin alphabet. However, check to ensure:
 * dictionaries indicate vowel length, so do we; thus: ''hastātus'', not ''hastatus''
@@ -18 +39 @@
 * differentiate between u and v
 * do not differentiate between i and j, both are written i
-* names are in the nominative; also, adjectives ought to have the same gender as their nouns
+* names are in the nominative; also, adjectives should have the same gender as their nouns
 * sometimes words are plural only, e.g. ''insidiae'' “ambush”; check the whole string has the proper number
 
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 == Old Persian
-Old Persian is the language used for the Persians. For a basic introduction, see [https://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~iranian/OldPersian/opcomplete.pdf this document]. For an overview of the most important Persian inscriptions (typically with images, transcriptions, and translations), see [https://www.livius.org/sources/content/achaemenid-royal-inscriptions/ this page].
+Old Persian is the language used for the Persians. 
+
+For a basic introduction, see [https://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~iranian/OldPersian/opcomplete.pdf this document]. For an overview of the most important Persian inscriptions (typically with images, transcriptions, and translations), see [https://www.livius.org/sources/content/achaemenid-royal-inscriptions/ this page].
 When writing Persian, ensure:
 * use x, not kh