Editing Transliteration (section)

==Challenges==
A simple example of difficulties in transliteration is the [[Arabic]] letter [[qāf]]. It is pronounced, in literary Arabic, approximately like English [k], except that the tongue makes contact not on the [[soft palate]] but on the [[uvula]], but the pronunciation varies between different [[dialects of Arabic]]. The letter is sometimes transliterated into "g", sometimes into "q" or {{"'"}} (for in Egypt it is silent) and rarely even into "k" in English.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2989| title = Language log}}</ref> Another example is the Russian letter [[Kha (Cyrillic)|"Х" (kha)]]. It is pronounced as the [[voiceless velar fricative]] {{IPA|/x/}}, like the Scottish pronunciation of {{angbr|ch}} in "lo'''ch'''". This sound is not present in most forms of English and is often transliterated as "kh" as in [[Nikita Khrushchev]]. Many languages have phonemic sounds, such as [[click consonant]]s, which are quite unlike any phoneme in the language into which they are being transliterated.

Some languages and [[Writing system|scripts]] present particular difficulties to transcribers. These are discussed on separate pages. Examples of languages and writing systems and methods of transliterating include:

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* [[Ancient Near East]]
** [[Transliterating cuneiform languages]]
** [[Transliteration of Ancient Egyptian]] (''see also'' [[Egyptian hieroglyphs]])
** Hieroglyphic [[Luwian language|Luwian]]
* [[Armenian language]]
** [[Armenian alphabet]]
*** [[Romanization of Armenian]]
* [[Avestan language|Avestan]]
* [[Brahmic family]] <!-- most content actually in an external link in [[Indic]] -->
** [[Bengali–Assamese script]]
*** [[Romanisation of Assamese]]
*** [[Romanisation of Bengali]]
** [[Devanagari]]
*** [[Devanagari transliteration]]
** [[Kannada script]]
** [[Malayalam script]]
*** [[Romanization of Malayalam]]
** [[Meitei script]]
** [[Mon–Burmese script]]
*** [[Romanization of Burmese]]
** [[Pali]]
** [[Tamil script]]
** [[Tibetan script]]
*** [[Wylie transliteration]]
*** [[Tibetan pinyin]]
*** [[Dzongkha#Romanization|Romanization of Dzongkha]]
** [[Tocharian languages|Tocharian]]
* [[Celtic languages]]
* [[Chinese language]]
** [[Bopomofo]]
** [[Chinese characters]]
*** [[Transcription into Chinese characters]]
*** [[Romanization of Chinese]]
**** [[Pinyin]] (official)
*** [[Cyrillization of Chinese]]
* [[Click consonant|Click languages]] of Africa
** [[Khoisan languages]]
** [[Bantu languages]]
* [[English language]]
** [[English alphabet]]
*** [[Hebraization of English]]
* [[French language]]
** [[French alphabet]]
*** [[Cyrillization of French]]
* [[Georgian language]]
** [[Georgian scripts]]
*** [[Romanization of Georgian]]
* [[Greek language]]
** [[Linear B]]
** [[Greek alphabet]]
*** [[Romanization of Greek]]
*** [[Greeklish]]
* [[Hmong language]]
** [[Pahawh Hmong]]
** [[Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong]]
* [[Japanese language]]
** [[Japanese writing system]]
*** [[Romanization of Japanese]]
**** [[Hepburn romanization]]
*** [[Cyrillization of Japanese]]
* [[Khmer language]]
** [[Khmer script]]
*** [[Romanization of Khmer]]
* [[Korean language]]
** [[Hangul]]/[[Chosŏn'gŭl]]
*** [[Romanization of Korean]]
*** [[Cyrillization of Korean]]
* [[Mongolian language]]
** [[Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet]]
** [[Mongolian script]]
*** [[SASM/GNC romanization]]
* [[Northwest Caucasian languages]]
** [[Abkhaz language]]
** [[Circassian languages]]
*** [[Adyghe language]]
*** [[Kabardian language]]
* [[Pashto]]
** [[Pashto alphabet]]
* [[Persian language]]
** [[Persian alphabet]]
*** [[Romanization of Persian]]
*** [[Tajik alphabet|Cyrillization of Persian]]
*** [[Fingilish|Persian chat alphabet]]
* [[Semitic languages]]
** [[Amharic]]
*** [[Geʽez script]]
** [[Arabic]]
*** [[Arabic alphabet]]
**** [[Romanization of Arabic]]
**** [[Arabic chat alphabet]]
** [[Hebrew]]
*** [[Hebrew alphabet]]
**** [[Romanization of Hebrew]]
** [[Ugaritic]]
*** [[Ugaritic alphabet]]
* [[Slavic languages]] written in the [[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]] or [[Glagolitic alphabet]]s
** [[Romanization of Belarusian]]
** [[Romanization of Bulgarian]]
** [[Romanization of Russian]]
** [[Romanization of Macedonian]]
** [[Romanization of Serbian]]
** [[Romanization of Ukrainian]]
* [[Tai languages]]
** [[Lao language]]
*** [[Lao script]]
**** [[Romanization of Lao]]
** [[Thai language]]
*** [[Thai script]]
**** [[Romanization of Thai]]
* [[Turkic language]]
** [[Old Turkic]]
*** [[Old Turkic script]]
** [[Azerbaijani language]]
*** [[Azerbaijani alphabets]]
** [[Kazakh language]]
*** [[Kazakh alphabets]]
** [[Kyrgyz language]]
*** [[Kyrgyz alphabets]]
** [[Turkmen language]]
*** [[Turkmen alphabet]]
** [[Uyghur language]]
*** [[Uyghur alphabets]]
** [[Uzbek language]]
*** [[Uzbek alphabet]]
* [[Urdu language]]
** [[Urdu alphabet]] ([[Nastaliq]])
*** [[Romanization of Urdu]]
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