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