göröglatin

Göröglatin is a Latin-script transliteration system for the Greek language, designed to render Greek text in Latin letters for contexts where the Greek alphabet is inconvenient or unavailable. It is used in linguistic discussion, language education, and digital communication where Greek keyboards are not accessible.

Design principles vary by variant, but common goals include reversibility, legibility for readers familiar with Latin scripts, and alignment with modern or classical Greek phonology. Many schemes use digraphs such as th for θ, ph for φ, and kh or ch for χ; some systems also employ diacritics to indicate stress or breathing and to distinguish vowel quality. Variants exist for Modern Greek and for historical forms.

Göröglatin is not an official standard. There is no single universally accepted form, and multiple independent schemes coexist. The term is sometimes used loosely to refer to any Latin transliteration of Greek and is frequently conflated with Greeklish, which denotes informal romanization for everyday typing.

Example: the Greek word καλημέρα can be rendered as kaliméra or kalimera depending on the variant; σολομός can be transliterated as solomós or solomos depending on the system. Such examples illustrate the balance between readability and phonetic accuracy.

See also: Greeklish, transliteration, Greek alphabet, ISO 843, BGN/PCGN Greek transliteration.