Template:Transliteration

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Usage

This template is intended to unify all "transliteration" templates (like {{IAST}}, {{ISOtranslit}}, {{ArabDIN}}. These templates are still usable, but they just transclude this one (e.g. {{IAST|saṃskṛtam}} is a shortcut for {{transl|sa|IAST|saṃskṛtam}}).

At present, this template is explicitly aware of individual css classes:

• "latinx" (default)
• "IAST" (from {{IAST}})
• "Arabic Unicode" (from {{ArabDIN}})
• "Semitic Unicode" (fropm {{semxlit}})

pending a smarter solution in MediaWiki:Common.css.

This template is kept separate from {{lang}} to address formatting issues (via css classes) and identification of transliteration schemes used. Ultimately, if these concerns are smartly addressed in the css file and/or in {{lang}}, using {{transl|xx|...}} should be equivalent to using {{lang|xx-Latn|...}}, viz. stating that the string is a Romanization by adding "-Latn" to the language code.

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There are two ways of using this template: with or without specifying the transliteration scheme used:

• two parameters: {{transl|ar|al-Khwarizmi}} means that "al-Khwarizmi" is a transliteration from the Arabic in a loose or unspecified scheme.
• three parameters: {{transl|ar|DIN|al-Ḫuwārizmī}} / {{transl|ar|ALA|al-Khwārizmī}} the second parameter specifies the scheme used (DIN vs. ALA). {{transl|ar|ISO|...}} is equivalent to {{ISOtranslit|...|ar}}, and {{transl|ar|DIN|...}} to {{ArabDIN|...}}.

Examples

• al-Khwarizmi / DIN 31635: al-Ḫuwārizmī / ISO 233: al-H̱uwārizmī / ALA: al-Khwārizmī
• RTGST: phasa thai / ISO 11940: p̣hās̄ʹāthịy

ISO:

• [[[Russian language|русский]]] Error: {{Lang}}: missing language tag (help) {{transl|ru|ISO|russkij}}: russkij
• Аҧсуа {{transl|ab|ISO|aṗsua}}: aṗsua
• عربي {{transl|ar|ISO|ʿarabī}}: ʿarabī
• தமிழ் {{transl|ta|ISO|tamiḻ}}: tamiḻ
• বাংলা {{transl|bn|ISO|baṅla}}: baṅla
• ελληνικά {{transl|el|ISO|ellēniká}}: ellēniká
• ქართული {{transl|ka|ISO|k'art'uli}}: k'art'uli
• 漢語かんご拼音 {{transl|zh|ISO|hànyǔ pīnyīn}}: hànyǔ pīnyīn; compare: {{lang|pny|hànyǔ pīnyīn}}: hànyǔ pīnyīn
• ภาษาไทย {{transl|th|ISO|p̣hās̄ʹāthịy}}: p̣hās̄ʹāthịy

See also

• {{lang}}