Transliteration - Difference From Transcription

Difference From Transcription

In Modern Greek usage (and since the Roman Imperial period), the letters <η> <ι> <υ> and the letter combinations <ει> <υι> may be pronounced . When so pronounced, a modern transcription renders them all as , but a transliteration still distinguishes them, for example by transliterating to <ē> and . (As the original Greek pronunciation of <η> is believed to have been, the following example uses the character appropriate for an ancient Greek transliteration or transcription <ē>, an with a macron.) On the other hand, <ευ> is sometimes pronounced and sometimes, depending on the following sound. A transcription distinguishes them, but this is no requirement for a transliteration. Note that the letter 'h' in both the transcription and transliteration forms should logically be omitted.