Notations used to represent the graphemes of one script using another one.
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PinYin Command Line Tool [closed]
I am looking for PinYin Command Line Tool:
Which can change Chinese Text, for example:
1 起初神创造天地。
in WordSeparated, Character Separeted by Dual PinYin Tonal and Diacritic Marks:
1 ...
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What is the Aramaic transliteration system used in the “Aramaic of Jesus” Wikipedia article?
The Wikipedia article "Aramaic of Jesus" contains many instances of transliterated Aramaic, using a system I have not seen before. Some of the notations are well-established, like ŝ for /ʃ/ and ...
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Korean syllable-final ㅅ in Hangul transcription of loanwords
Why are English loanwords ending in /d/ or /t/ systematically transcribed into Hangul syllables ending in ㅅ rather than ㄷ? This seems strange, since when ㅅ is followed by a vowel, the coda is realised ...
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What is the proper way to write Hindi phonetically in English?
I've noticed that when Hindi is I guess transliterated phonetically transcribed to the English Alphabet many of the letters are doubled to represent the correct sound that one would make if you were ...
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What language are the most similar to English?
I speak English and Bengali with similar proficiency, at least in the 'lower' registers of the languages. Since I was a small child in a bilingual home I've been struck by how, despite having ...
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Rules of Yale Romanization of Korean
This is kind of a specific question, though it appears there is no StackExchange forum for the Korean language...
What are the specific rules in Yale Romanization of Korean with regard to where to ...
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Why was מֹשֶׁה transliterated as [moʊzɨz]?
How did the name "מֹשֶׁה" come to be transliterated with a [z] at the end?
The OED entry notes that "Moses" derives from Biblical Hebrew "Mōšeh" and that the earliest attestations with a strident ...
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Why the prevalence of “ph” in transliteration?
Why is "ph" used so often (as opposed to "f") to transliterate the Hebrew "fei" sound into English?
Examples:
Alef - 1.3 million Google hits (MGh)
Aleph - 3.7 MGh
Seraf - 0.2 MGh
Seraph - 2.2 MGh
