Template:Betacode/doc

Usage

This template decodes a string given as (modified) w:Beta Code into normal polytonic Greek. This is useful for polytonic Greek input where you do not have an efficient polytonic input method.

The output is wrapped in the standard {{polytonic}} template, thus it sets the lang=grc attribute as usual (and as is good practice for accessibility).

The syntax is slightly modified to accommodate the Wikicode special characters = and |: these can also be written as ~ and ! respectively.

Example

{{betacode|1=O(ra=n fa/os h)eli/os}}

Ὁρᾶν φάος ἠελίος

The order for the marks is: (1) letter, (2) breathing (), (3) accent /=\+, (4) iota subscript |.

Final sigma (ς) is automatic when s occurs at the end of a word, and can be manually invoked with j.

Letters

a	αΑ	n	νΝ
b	βΒ	o	οΟ
c	ξΞ	p	πΠ
d	δΔ	q	θΘ
e	εΕ	t	τΤ
f	φΦ	s	σΣ
g	γΓ	u	υΥ
h	ηΗ	v	ϝϜ
i	ιΙ	w	ωΩ
j	ς	x	χΧ
k	κΚ	y	ψΨ
l	λΛ	z	ζΖ
m	μΜ

Diacritics

)	ἀ	Smooth breathing
(	ἁ	Rough breathing
= or ~	ᾶ	Perispomeni
\	ὰ	Grave/varia
/	ά	Acute/tonos
+	α̈	Diaresis
| or !	ιͅ	Ypogegrammeni/ioti subscript
?	α̣	Dot below
^	α̑	Inverted breve

See also

• {{Polytonic}} for direct entry of polytonic greek