The Greek Polytonic System

Greek Polytonic Keyboard States

Normal state

Caps

Control

Alt

Tab

BackSp
Enter

Shift

AltGr

Caps

Shift
Control

Control

&

<

>

Alt

BackSp
Enter

Shift

AltGr

Control

AltGr state

Tab

BackSp

Shift
Control

Caps

Shift state
~

Shift

Tab

Enter

Shift

Alt

AltGr

AltGr+Shift state

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BackSp

Tab

Caps

Shift
Control

Alt

Enter

Shift

AltGr

Control

Normal state & Spacebar

~
Tab

Control

Alt

Shift
Control

AltGr

Shift state & Spacebar

Tab

BackSp

Caps

Control

Alt

Enter

Shift

Shift
Control

AltGr

AltGr state & Spacebar

Tab

Shift
Control

Alt

AltGr

AltGr+Shift & Spacebar state

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BackSp

Caps

Enter

Shift

BackSp

Caps

Enter

Shift
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BackSp
Enter

Tab

Caps

Shift
Control

Alt

AltGr

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Control

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Greek Polytonic Key Combinations

Diacritic Marks
Dasia
Dasia Oxia
Dasia Oxia Ypogegrammeni/Prosgegrammeni
Dasia Perispomeni
Dasia Perispomeni Ypogegrammeni/Prosgegrammeni
Dasia Varia
Dasia Varia Ypogegrameni/Prosgegrammeni
Dasia Ypogegrameni/Prosgegrammeni
Dialytika Oxia
Dialytika Perispomeni
Dialytika Varia
Makron
Oxia
Oxia Ypogegrameni
Perispomeni
Perispomeni Ypogegrameni
Psili
Psili Oxia
Psili Oxia Ypogegrameni/Prosgegrammeni
Psili Perispomeni
Psili Perispomeni Ypogegrameni/Prosgegrammeni
Psili Varia
Psili Varia Ypogegrameni/Prosgegrammeni
Psili Ypogegrameni/Prosgegrammeni
Varia
Varia Ypogegrameni
Vrachy
Ypogegrameni/Prosgegrammeni

Punctuation Marks
Ano kai kato telia
Ano Telia
Aposiopitika
Aristera Eisagogika
Dexia Eisagogika
Erotimatiko

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Diacritic Marks

Dasia
Shift+ (dead key) & letter

Tab

Caps

Shift
Control

=
[

Alt

BackSp
Enter

Shift

AltGr

Control

BackSp

Valid letters (small form): , , , , , , , --> Example:

Valid letters (capital form): , , , , , , , --> Example:

Dasia Oxia
Shift+/ (dead key) & letter

Tab
Caps
Shift
Control

Alt

=
[

AltGr

Valid letters (small form): , , , , , , --> Example:

Valid letters (capital form): , , , , , , --> Example:

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Enter

]
\

Shift
Control

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Dasia Oxia Ypogegrammeni/Prosgegrammeni*

AltGr+Shift+/ (dead key) & letter

Tab

Caps

Shift
Control

=
[

Alt

BackSp
Enter

Shift

AltGr

Control

BackSp

Valid letters (small form): , , --> Example:

Valid letters (capital form): , , --> Example:

or

Dasia Perispomeni
Shift+= (dead key) & letter

Tab
Caps
Shift
Control

Alt

=
[

AltGr

Valid letters (small form): , , , , , --> Example:

Valid letters (small form): , , , , , --> Example:

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Enter

]
\

Shift
Control

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Dasia Perispomeni Ypogegrammeni/Prosgegrammeni*

AltGr+Shift+= (dead key) & letter

Tab

Caps

Shift
Control

=
[

Alt

BackSp
Enter

Shift

AltGr

Control

Valid letters (small form): , , --> Example:

Valid letters (small form): , , --> Example:

or

Dasia Varia
Shift+\ (dead key) & letter

Tab
Caps
Shift
Control

Alt

=
[

Valid letters (capital form): , , , , , , --> Example:

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Enter

/
AltGr

Valid letters (small form): , , , , , , --> Example:

BackSp

\
Shift
Control

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Dasia Varia Ypogegrammeni/Prosgegrammeni*

AltGr+Shift+\ (dead key) & letter

Tab

Caps

Shift
Control

=
[

Alt

BackSp
Enter

Shift

AltGr

Control

BackSp

Valid letters (small form): , , --> Example:

Valid letters (small form): , , --> Example:

or

Dasia Ypogegrammeni/Prosgegrammeni*
AltGr+Shift+ (dead key) & letter

Tab
Caps
Shift
Control

Alt

=
[

AltGr

Valid letters (small form): , , --> Example:

Valid letters (small form): , , --> Example:

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or

Enter

]
\

Shift
Control

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Dialytika Oxia
` (dead key) & letter

Tab

Caps

Shift
Control

=
[

Alt

BackSp
Enter

Shift

AltGr

Control

BackSp

Valid letters (small form only): , --> Example:

Dialytika Perispomeni
AltGr+` (dead key) & letter

Tab
Caps
Shift
Control

Alt

=
[

/
AltGr

Valid letters (small form only): , --> Example:

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Enter

]
\

Shift
Control

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Dialytika Varia
Shift+` (dead key) & letter

Tab

Caps

Control

Shift

=
[

Alt

BackSp
Enter

Shift

AltGr

Control

BackSp

Valid letters (small form only): , --> Example:

Makron
- (dead key) & letter

Tab
Caps
Shift
Control

Alt

=
[

/
AltGr

Valid letters (small form): , , --> Example:

Valid letters (small form): , , --> Example:

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Enter

]
\

Shift
Control

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Oxia
(dead key) & letter

Tab

Caps

Shift
Control

=
[

Alt

BackSp
Enter

Shift

AltGr

Control

BackSp

Valid letters (small form): , , , , , , --> Example:

Valid letters (capital form): , , , , , , --> Example:

Oxia Ypogegrammeni
AltGr+; (dead key) & letter

Tab
Caps
Shift
Control

Alt

=
[

/
AltGr

Valid letters (small form only): , , --> Example:

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]
\

Shift
Control

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Perispomeni
[ (dead key) & letter

Tab

Caps

Shift
Control

=
[

Alt

BackSp
Enter

Shift

AltGr

Control

BackSp

Valid letters (small form only): , , , , --> Example:

Perispomeni Ypogegrammeni
AltGr+[ (dead key) & letter

Tab
Caps
Shift
Control

Alt

=
[

AltGr

Valid letters (small form only): , , --> Example:

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Enter

]
\

Shift
Control

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Psili
(dead key) & letter

Tab

Caps

Control

Shift

=
[

Alt

BackSp
Enter

Shift

AltGr

Control

BackSp

Valid letters (small form): , , , , , , , --> Example:

Valid letters (capital form): , , , , , , --> Example:

Psili Oxia
/ (dead key) & letter

Tab
Caps
Shift
Control

Alt

=
[

/
AltGr

Valid letters (small form): , , , , , , --> Example:

Valid letters (capital form): , , , , , --> Example:

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Enter

]
\

Shift
Control

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Psili Oxia Ypogegrammeni/Prosgegrammeni*

AltGr+/ (dead key) & letter

Tab

Caps

Shift
Control

=
[

Alt

BackSp
Enter

Shift

AltGr

Control

BackSp

Valid letters (small form): , , --> Example:

Valid letters (small form): , , --> Example:

or

Psili Perispomeni
= (dead key) & letter

Tab
Caps
Shift
Control

Alt

=
[

AltGr

Valid letters (small form): , , , , --> Example:

Valid letters (capital form): , , , , , --> Example:

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]
\

Shift
Control

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Psili Perispomeni Ypogegrammeni/Prosgegrammeni*

AltGr+= (dead key) & letter

Tab

Caps

Control

Shift

=
[

Alt

BackSp
Enter

Shift

AltGr

Control

BackSp

Valid letters (small form): , , --> Example:

Valid letters (small form): , , --> Example:

or

Psili Varia
\ (dead key) & letter

Tab
Caps
Shift
Control

Alt

=
[

/
AltGr

Valid letters (small form): , , , , , , --> Example:

Valid letters (capital form): , , , , , --> Example:

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]
\

Shift
Control

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Psili Varia Ypogegrammeni/Prosgegrammeni*

AltGr+\ (dead key) & letter

Tab

Caps

Shift
Control

=
[

Alt

BackSp
Enter

Shift

AltGr

Control

BackSp

Valid letters (small form): , , --> Example:

Valid letters (small form): , , --> Example:

or

Psili Ypogegrammeni/Prosgegrammeni*
AltGr+ (dead key) & letter

Tab
Caps
Shift
Control

Alt

=
[

AltGr

Valid letters (small form): , , --> Example:

Valid letters (small form): , , --> Example:

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or

Enter

]
\

Shift
Control

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Varia
] (dead key) & letter

Tab

Caps

Shift
Control

=
[

Alt

Enter

BackSp

Shift

AltGr

Control

Valid letters (small form): , , , , , , --> Example:

Valid letters (capital form): , , , , , , --> Example:

Varia Ypogegrammeni
AltGr+] (dead key) & letter

Tab
Caps
Shift
Control

Alt

=
[

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Enter

/
AltGr

Valid letters (small form only): , , --> Example:

BackSp

\
Shift
Control

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Vrachy
Shift+- (dead key) & letter

Tab

Caps

Shift
Control

=
[

Alt

BackSp
Enter

Shift

AltGr

Control

BackSp

Valid letters (small form): , , --> Example:

Valid letters (small form): , , --> Example:

Ypogegrammeni/Prosgegrammeni*
Shift+[ (dead key) & letter

Tab
Caps
Shift
Control

Alt

=
[

AltGr

Vallid letters (small form): , , --> Example:

Vallid letters (capital form): , , --> Example:

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Enter

]
\

Shift
Control

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Punctuation Marks

Ano kai kato telia

Shift+; & spacebar

Tab

Caps

Shift
Control

=
[

Alt

BackSp
Enter

Shift

AltGr

Control

BackSp

Example:

Ano Telia

AltGr+Shift+]

Tab
Caps
Shift
Control

Alt

=
[

AltGr

Example:

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Enter

]
\

Shift
Control

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Aposiopitika
AltGr+.

Tab

Caps

Shift
Control

=
[

Alt

BackSp
Enter

Shift

AltGr

Control

BackSp

Example:

Aristera Eisagogika
AltGr+[ (dead-key) & spacebar

Tab
Caps
Shift
Control

Alt

=
[

AltGr

Example:

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]
\

Shift
Control

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Dexia Eisagogika
AltGr+] (dead-key) & spacebar

Tab

Caps

Shift
Control

=
[

Alt

BackSp
Enter

Shift

AltGr

Control

Example:

Erotimatiko
; & spacebar

Tab
Caps
Shift
Control

Alt

=
[

* : Prosgegrammeni is how Ypogegrammeni is called on capital letters.

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Enter

/
AltGr

Example:

BackSp

\
Shift
Control