Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of SpecificNames

Timestamp:

Jun 24, 2019, 11:55:36 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

Nescio

Comment:

Greek per forum discussion

SpecificNames

@@ -14 +14 @@
 * consonants:
   * β, π, φ, ψ → b, p, ph, ps
-  * γ, κ, χ, ξ → g, k, kh, ks
+  * γ → n (before γ, κ, χ, ξ), g (elsewhere)
+  * κ, χ, ξ → k, ch, x
   * δ, τ, θ → d, t, th
   * σ/ϲ/ς, ζ → s, z
   * 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
+* vowels:
+  * α, ε, η, ι, ο, ω → a, e, ē, i, o, ō
+  * ᾳ, ῃ, ῳ → ai, ēi, ōi
+  * υ → u (after vowels and before ι), y (elsewhere)
+* accents and vowel length are ignored
 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; genitive is the case for combining nouns; also check the number (singular, dual, plural) and gender (masculine, feminine, neuter); adjectives should match the nouns they belong to
+
+(See https://wildfiregames.com/forum/index.php?/topic/25202-transliteration-of-ancient-greek-into-english/ for the choice made.)
 
 == Latin
@@ -67 +66 @@
 * P. O. Skjærvø ''An Introduction to Old Persian'' (Cambridge, MA 2016) [https://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~iranian/OldPersian/opcomplete.pdf pdf]
 * https://www.livius.org/sources/content/achaemenid-royal-inscriptions/
+* https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html