Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Romanisations

When you read a transliteration of a foreign text, you may find that they differ from one to another. This is because of different romanisations. Those different romanisations of a writing system may cause confusions for beginners of a non-Latin language, as they may assume there is only one way to romanise a language.

Here is a list of current romanisations of writing systems other than Latin.

• Note that “transliteration” is about the sound, while “transcription” is about the text.

In progress

language	romanisation	type	introduction
Arabic	ALA–LC romanization of Arabic	transcription	https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html
Arabic	BGN/PCGN romanization of Arabic	transcription	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/romanization-systems
Arabic	UNGEGN romanization of Arabic	transcription	https://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/ungegn/wg5.html
Armenian	ALA–LC romanization of Armenian	transcription	https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html
Armenian	Hübschmann-Meillet	transliteration	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Armenian#Transliteration_systems
Armenian	BGN/PCGN romanization of Armenian	transcription	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/romanization-systems
Armenian	ISO 9985	transliteration	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Armenian#Transliteration_systems
Ancient Greek	ALA–LC romanization of Greek	transliteration	https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman
Bengali	International Alphabet of Bengali romanization	transliteration	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Bengali
Bengali	ISo 15919	transliteration	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Bengali
Georgian	ALA–LC romanization of Georgian	transliteration	https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman
Georgian	BGN/PCGN romanization of Georgian	transliteration	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/romanization-systems
Georgian	Georgian National Academy of Sciences romanization	transliteration	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Georgian
Georgian	ISO 9984	transliteration	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Georgian
Hebrew	Academy of the Hebrew Language romanization	transliteration	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Hebrew#Table
Hebrew	ALA–LC romanization of Hebrew	transliteration	https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman
Hebrew	BGN/PCGN romanization of Hebrew	transcription	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/romanization-systems
Hebrew	DIN 31636	transliteration	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIN_31636
Hebrew	SBL Handbook of Style romanizatoin	transliteration	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Hebrew#Table
Hebrew	ISO 259	transliteration	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_259
Hindi, etc.	International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration	transliteration	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari_transliteration#Transliteration_comparison
Hindi, etc.	ISO 15919	transliteration	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari_transliteration#Transliteration_comparison
Japanese	Hepburn romanization	transcription	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepburn_romanization
Japanese	Kunrei-shiki romanization	transliteration	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunrei-shiki_romanization
Japanese	Nihon-shiki romanization	transliteration	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon-shiki_romanization
Korean	Romanization of Korean	transcription	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Korean_(North)
Korean	Revised Romanization of Korean	transcription	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean
Korean	Yale romanization of Korean	transliteration	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_romanization_of_Korean
Lao	ALA–LC romanization of Lao	transcription	https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman
Lao	BGN/PCGN romanization of Lao	transcription	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/romanization-systems
Malayalam	National Library at Kolkata romanisation	transliteration
Malayalam	ISO 15919	transliteration
Mandarin Chinese	Hanyu Pinyin	transcription	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin
Min Bei Chinese	Kienning Colloquial Romanized	transcription	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kienning_Colloquial_Romanized
Min Dong Chinese	Foochow Romanized	transcription	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foochow_Romanized
Min Nan Chinese	Pe̍h-ōe-jī	transcription	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB
Min Nan Chinese	Tâi-uân Lô-má-jī Phing-im Hong-àn	transcription	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A2i-u%C3%A2n_L%C3%B4-m%C3%A1-j%C4%AB_Phing-im_Hong-%C3%A0n
Modern Greek	ALA–LC romanization of Greek	transliteration	https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman
Modern Greek	ISO 843 Type 1	transliteration	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Greek#Modern_Greek
Modern Greek	ISO 843 Type 2	transcription	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Greek#Modern_Greek
Nuosu	Yi Pinyin	transcription	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuosu_language?lang=en#Phonology
Persian	ALA–LC romanization of Persian	transliteration	https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman
Persian	BGN/PCGN romanization of Persian	transcription	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/romanization-systems
Persian	UNGEGN romanization of Arabic	transcription	https://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/ungegn/wg5.html
Thai	ISO 11940	transliteration	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_11940
Thai	Royal Thai General System of Transcription	transcription	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Thai_General_System_of_Transcription
Yue Chinese	Jyutping	transcription	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping
Yue Chinese	Yale romanization	transcription	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_romanization_of_Cantonese

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