Inventory of Romanization Tools

Standards
Intellectual Management Office
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Ottawa 2006

Language	Script	Romanization system for an English catalogue	Romanization system for a French catalogue	Alternate Romanization system	
Amharic	Ethiopic	ALA-LC 1997		BGN/PCGN 1967

UNGEGN 1967 (I/17). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_am.pdf	
Arabic	Arabic	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 233:1984.Transliteration of Arabic characters into Latin characters
NLC COPIES:
NL Stacks - TA368 I58 fol. no. 00233 1984 E

NL Stacks - TA368 I58 fol. no. 00233 1984 E - Copy 2

ISO 233-2:1993. Transliteration of Arabic characters into Latin characters -- Part 2: Arabic language -- Simplified transliteration	BGN/PCGN 1956

BS 4280:1968. Transliteration of Arabic characters

DMG 1936

DIN-31635, 1982

I.G.N. System 1973 (also called Variant B of the Amended Beirut System)

Lebanon national system 1963

Morocco national system 1932

Royal Jordanian Geographic Centre (RJGC) System

Survey of Egypt System (SES)

UNGEGN 1972 (II/8). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_ar.pdf
Update, April 2004: http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/ung22str.pdf	
Armenian	Armenian	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 9985:1996. Transliteration of Armenian characters into Latin characters	BGN/PCGN 1981

Hübschmann-Meillet.	
Assamese	Bengali	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 15919:2001. Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters	Hunterian System

UNGEGN 1977 (III/12). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_as.pdf	
Azerbaijani	Arabic, Cyrillic

Note: Since 1991 a new Roman alphabet has been officially decreed for the Azerbaijani language that was formerly written in the Cyrillic alphabet.	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 233:1984.Transliteration of Arabic characters into Latin characters.
NLC COPIES:
NL Stacks - TA368 I58 fol. no. 00233 1984 E
NL Stacks - TA368 I58 fol. no. 00233 1984 E - Copy 2

ISO 233-2:1993. Transliteration of Arabic characters into Latin characters -- Part 2: Arabic language -- Simplified transliteration

ISO 9:1995. Transliteration of Cyrillic characters into Latin characters -- Slavic and non-Slavic languages	
	
Balinese
	Balinese	ALA-LC 1997			
Batak	Batak	LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Romanization: Batak. In Cataloging Service Bulletin. ISSN 0160-8029. Winter 2001 (92), pp 47-48.			
Belarusian,  Belorussian,  Byelorussian
	Cyrillic	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 9:1995. Transliteration of Cyrillic characters into Latin characters -- Slavic and non-Slavic languages	Belorussian National System of Romanization, 2000

BGN/PCGN 1979	
Bengali	Bengali	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 15919:2001. Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters	Hunterian System

UNGEGN 1977 (III/12). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_bn.pdf	
Blackfoot (Pikanii)	Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics	Blackfoot syllabary
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/blackfoot.htm			
Bulgarian	Cyrillic	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 9:1995. Transliteration of Cyrillic characters into Latin characters -- Slavic and non-Slavic languages	BGN/PCGN 1952

Streamlined System (1995)

UNGEGN 1977 (III/10). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_bg.pdf	
Burmese
	Burmese	ALA-LC 1997		BGN/PCGN 1970	
Carrier  (Dakelh)	Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics	Carrier syllabary (Déné syllabics)
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/carrier.htm			
Cherokee	Cherokee	LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Romanization: Cherokee. In Cataloging Service Bulletin. ISSN 0160-8029. Winter 2001 (92), pp 49.			
Chinese	Chinese	ALA-LC 1997*

*Updates:
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Romanization: Library of Congress will convert to Pinyin for Romanization of Chinese. In Cataloging Service Bulletin. ISSN 0160-8029. Winter 1998 (79), pp 38-39.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Romanization: Proposed Changes in Chinese Romanization Guidelines. In Cataloging Service Bulletin. ISSN 0160-8029. Winter 2002 (95), pp 39-41.	ISO 7098:1991. Romanization of Chinese
NLC COPIES:
NL Stacks - TA368 I58 fol. no. 7098 1991 E
	BGN/PCGN 1979

BS 7014:1989. Guide to the romanization of Chinese

EFEO

Hanyu Pinyin 1958 (Mainland China)

Tongyong Pinyin 2000 (Taiwan)

UNGEGN 1977 (III/8). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_zh.pdf

Wade-Giles

Yale	
Church Slavic	Cyrillic	ALA-LC 1997		BS 2979:1958. Transliteration of Cyrillic and Greek characters
NLC COPIES: NL Stacks - TA368 B75 fol. BSI no. 0053 - LAC copy: Declared lost.	
Cree (Nehiyaw)	Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics	Cree syllabary
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/cree.htm			
Divehi	Thaana	ALA-LC 1997		BGN/PCGN 1988

Maldives national system 1987	
Dzongkha
	Dzongkha			Bhutan national system 1997	
Georgian	Georgian	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 9984:1996. Transliteration of Georgian characters into Latin characters	BGN/PCGN 1981

National System of Romanization, 2002 	
Greek	Greek	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 843:1997. Conversion of Greek characters into Latin characters	BGN/PCGN 1962

BS 2979:1958. Transliteration of Cyrillic and Greek characters
NLC COPIES: NL Stacks - TA368 B75 fol. BSI no. 0053 - LAC copy: Declared lost.

UNGEGN 1987 (V/19). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_el.pdf	
Gujarati	Gujarati	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 15919:2001. Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters	UNGEGN 1977 (III/12). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_gu.pdf	
Hebrew	Hebrew	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 259:1984. Transliteration of Hebrew characters into Latin characters
NLC COPIES:
NL Stacks - TA368 I58 fol. no. 00259 1984 E
NL Stacks - TA368 I58 fol. no. 00259 1984 E - Copy 2

ISO 259-2:1994. Transliteration of Hebrew characters into Latin characters -- Part 2: Simplified transliteration	UNGEGN 1977 (III/13). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_he.pdf	
Hindi	Devanagari	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 15919:2001. Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters	Hunterian system

UNGEGN 1977 (III/12). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_hi.pdf	
Inuktitut	Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics	LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Romanization: Inuktitut. In Cataloging Service Bulletin. ISSN 0160-8029. Winter 2000 (87), pp 35-36. 		Inuktitut syllabary
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/inuktitut.htm	
Japanese	Sino-Japanese (Hiragana, Katakana & Kanji)	ALA-LC 1997*

*Update:
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Romanization: Japanese. In Cataloging Service Bulletin. ISSN 0160-8029. Spring 2003 (100), pp 84.	ISO 3602:1989. Romanization of Japanese (kana script)
NLC COPIES:
NL Stacks - TA368 I58 fol. no. 3602 1989 E
	BS 4812:1972. Specification for the romanization of Japanese

Modified Hepburn Romanization System

JSL

Kunrei-shiki 1954

Nihon-shiki	
Javanese, Sudanese and Madurese	Javanese	ALA-LC 1997			
Kannada	Kannada	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 15919:2001. Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters	UNGEGN 1977 (III/12). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_kn.pdf	
Kashmiri
	Perso-Arabic	ALA-LC 1997			
Khmer	Khmer	ALA-LC 1997		BGN/PCGN 1972

UNGEGN 1972 (II/10). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_km.pdf
Update, April 2004: http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/ung22str.pdf	
Korean	Korean	ALA-LC 1997 uses McCune-Reischauer, 1939	ISO/TR 11941:1996. Transliteration of Korean script into Latin characters	PD 6505:1982. Guide to the romanization of Korean

National system of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 1992

National system of the Republic of Korea 2000

Yale	
Kurdish
	Arabic, Cyrillic, Hawar	ALA-LC 1997			
Ladino
	Ladino	ALA-LC 1997			
Lao
	Lao, Tham	ALA-LC 1997		BGN/PCGN 1966	
Lepcha
	Lepcha (Róng)	ALA-LC 1997			
Limbu
	Limbu (Kirat-Sirijonga)	ALA-LC 1997			
Macedonian	Cyrillic	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 9:1995. Transliteration of Cyrillic characters into Latin characters -- Slavic and non-Slavic languages	BGN/PCGN 1981

UNGEGN 1977 (III/11). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_mk.pdf	
Malay
	Jawi-Arabic	ALA-LC 1997			
Malayalam	Malayalam	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 15919:2001. Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters	UNGEGN 1977 (III/12). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_ml.pdf	
Marathi	Devanagari	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 15919:2001. Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters	Hunterian System

UNGEGN 1977 (III/12). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_mr.pdf	
Mongolian	Cyrillic		ISO 9:1995. Transliteration of Cyrillic characters into Latin characters -- Slavic and non-Slavic languages	BGN/PCGN 1981	
	Mongolian	ALA-LC 1997		UNGEGN 1977 (III/8). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_mnc.pdf	
Moplah
	Arabic	ALA-LC 1997			
Naskapi	Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics	CAS syllabary
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/ucas.htm			
Ojibwe  (Anishinaabe, Ojibwa, Chippewa, Chipewyan)	Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics	Ojibwe syllabary
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/ojibwa.htm			
Oriya	Oriya	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 15919:2001. Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters	Hunterian System

UNGEGN 1977 (III/12). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_or.pdf	
Ottoman Turkish	Arabic	ALA-LC 1997		BIRNBAUM, Eleazar. The transliteration of Ottoman Turkish for library and general purposes: Ottoman Turkish translation scheme. Reprinted from Journal of the American Oriental Society, v. 87, no.2, April-June, 1967.
NLC COPIES: NL Stacks - PL138 B5 fol.	
Pali	Various including Bengali, Burmese, Devanagari, Sinhalese, Thai	ALA-LC 1997			
Panjabi / Punjabi	Gurmukhi	ALA-LC 1997		Hunterian System

UNGEGN 1977 (III/12). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_pa.pdf	
Pashto / Pushto
	Perso-Arabic	ALA-LC 1997		BGN/PCGN 1968	
Persian / Farsi	Perso-Arabic	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 233-3:1999. Transliteration of Arabic characters into Latin characters – Part 3: Persian language – Simplified transliteration	BGN/PCGN 1958

DMG

UNGEGN 1967 (I/13). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_fa.pdf	
Russian	Cyrillic	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 9:1995. Transliteration of Cyrillic characters into Latin characters – Slavic and non-Slavic languages	BGN/PCGN 1947

BS 2979:1958. Transliteration of Cyrillic and Greek characters
NLC COPIES: NL Stacks - TA368 B75 fol. BSI no. 0053 - LAC copy: Declared lost.

GOST 16876-71

UNGEGN 1987(V/18). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_ru.pdf	
Sanskrit and Prakrit	Devanagari	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 15919:2001. Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters	IAST 1912	
Santali
	Santali (or Ol Cemet’)	ALA-LC 1997			
Serbian	Cyrillic	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 9:1995. Transliteration of Cyrillic characters into Latin characters – Slavic and non-Slavic languages	UNGEGN 1977 (III/11). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_sr.pdf 
Update, April 2004: http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/ung22str.pdf	
Sindhi
	Arabic	ALA-LC 1997			
Sinhalese
	Sinhalese	ALA-LC 1997			
Slavey, South Slavey	Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics	CAS syllabary http://www.omniglot.com/writing/ucas.htm			
Tamil	Tamil	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 15919:2001. Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters	Hunterian System

UNGEGN 1977 (III/12). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_ta.pdf	
Telugu	Telugu	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 15919:2001. Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters	Hunterian System

UNGEGN 1977 (III/12). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_te.pdf	
Thai	Thai	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 11940:1998. Transliteration of Thai

ISO/PRF 11940-2. Transliteration of Thai characters into Latin characters – Part 2: Simplified transcription of Thai language	BGN/PCGN 1970

Royal Thai General System of Transcription (RTGS)

UNGEGN 2002 (VIII/13). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_th.pdf
Update, April 2004: http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/ung22str.pdf	
Tibetan	Tibetan	ALA-LC 1997		UNGEGN 1977 (III/8). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_bo.pdf	
Tigrinya
	Ethiopic	ALA-LC 1997 		BGN/PCGN 1994	
Uighur / Uyghur	Perso-Arabic	ALA-LC 1997		UNGEGN 1977 (III/8). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_ug.pdf	
Ukrainian	Cyrillic	ALA-LC 1997	ISO 9:1995. Transliteration of Cyrillic characters into Latin characters -- Slavic and non-Slavic languages	BGN/PCGN 1965

National System of Romanization, 1996	
Urdu	Perso-Arabic	ALA-LC 1997		Hunterian System

UNGEGN 1977 (III/12). http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_ur.pdf	
Yiddish	Hebrew	ALA-LC 1997*

*Updates:
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Romanization: Proposed Changes in Romanization of Forenames of Hebrew or Aramaic derivation in Yiddish Contexts. In Cataloging Service Bulletin. ISSN 0160-8029. Winter 2001 (91), pp 35-38.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Romanization: Change in Romanization practice for Yiddish Forenames. In Cataloging Service Bulletin. ISSN 0160-8029. Winter 2003 (99), pp 73-77.
 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Romanization: Change in Yiddish Romanization Practice. In Cataloging Service Bulletin. ISSN 0160-8029. Fall 2003 (102), pp 58-59.	ISO 259:1984. Transliteration of Hebrew characters into Latin characters
NLC COPIES:
NL Stacks - TA368 I58 fol. no. 00259 1984 E
NL Stacks - TA368 I58 fol. no. 00259 1984 E - Copy 2

ISO 259-2:1994. Transliteration of Hebrew characters into Latin characters -- Part 2: Simplified transliteration	YIVO 1968	

Abbreviations
BGN/PCGN:	United States Board on Geographic Names / Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use

BS: 		British Standards Institute

DIN:		Deutsches Institut für Normung = German Institute for Standardization

DMG:		Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft = German Oriental Society

EFEO:		École française d'Extrême-Orient

GOST:		State Standardization System  (maintained by the Euro-Asian Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification)

IAST:		International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration

ISO:		International Organization for Standardizaton = Organisation internale de normalisation

UNGEGN: 	United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names = Groupe d'experts des Nations Unies sur les noms géographiques

YIVO:		Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut  = Institute for Jewish Research

Sources
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Cataloging Policy and Support Office. ALA-LC Romanization Tables: Transliteration Schemes for Non-Roman Scripts, 1997 edition [online]. 17 June 2004 [cited 29 May 2006]. Available from: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html.

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UNGEGN (UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES). Working Group on Romanization Systems. Report on the current status of United Nations Romanization systems for geographical names: list of languages, countries and romanization systems   [online]. Version 2.2, January 2003 [cited 30 May 2006]. Available from: http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_2.pdf.