Greece Handwriting

The Greek Alphabet
Greek Letter      Αα         Ββ         Γγ         Δδ         Εε           Ζζ         Ηη         Θθ         Ιι          Κκ         Λλ         Μμ

Ancient Sound  a            b            g          d             e              z          e         th            i          k               l         m

Modern Sound  (a)           (v)          (γ)        (δ)           (e)           (z)        (i)        (Θ)         (ι)        (κ)           (l)        (m)

Greek Letter      Nν           Ξξ           Οο        Ππ         Ρρ          Σσς        Ττ          Υυ         Φφ        Χχ          Ψψ       Ωω

Ancient Sound   n          ks, x           o         p           r, rh            s          t          u, y      ph       kh, ch     ps         o

Modern Sound  (n)         (ks)           (o)        (p)          (r)          (s, z)      (t)          (i)       (f)         (x)         (ps)      (o)

You will need to know the alphabet well before you look at the Greek films.

Sounds you should know: μπ sounds like "B"

β sounds like "B"

ντ sounds like "D"

γγ sounds like "NG"

Greek Alphabet Conversion Applications
There are several Greek typing applications that will allow you to type a word in English as it converts your text to the Greek alphabet. An example of one is Type Greek Letters. It shows the keyboard in Greek, so you can compare it to your keyboard as you type. As you type the text will appear in Greek letters. In this illustration, the name Ioannis Georgios Kallikakis now appears in Greek, and we can look for his name in Greek records more easily.

Transliterating Greek Text
There are also Greek transliterating applications that allow you to type or paste text written in Greek letters and convert it to Latin letters. Here I have pasted a term I found in a file description in the Greek National Archives. After I paste it, clicking the Latin button (the letters we normally use are the Latin alphabet), will transliterate the text (change the letters without translating the word into English):