Romanization

romanization English Alternative forms en romanization en Romanisation, en romanisation non-Oxford British spelling Etymology From en romanize ation. Pronunciation en /ˌɹəʊmənaɪˈzeɪʃən/ /ˌɹəʊmənɪˈzeɪʃən/ en En-us-Romanization.ogg US en eɪʃən 5 en Ro man i za tion Noun ~ en usually uncountable The act or process of putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet, by means such as transliteration and transcription. en countable An instance (a string) of text transliterated or transcribed from another alphabet into the Latin alphabet. en 1989 David E. Mungello Curious Land: Jesuit Accommodation and the Origins of Sinology 160 0824812190 As an alternate name for Sakyamuni, Kircher gave "Omyto", which is a romanization of A-mi-to-fu, whom Kircher stated was commonly called "Amida", i.e., the Japanese pronunciation. en 2005 Chris Berry; Feii Lu Island on the Edge: Taiwan New Cinema and After 9622097154 11 Furthermore, certain places and people are already internationally well known by particular romanizations of their names, and these romanizations may not conform to any of the official systems detailed above. en en The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon 2025 Cid Swanenvleugel 88 The fact that this Punic word is attested [only] in the northern part of the island, does not necessarily imply that Punic was actually spoken there. If we assume that *kúrma vel sim. was at some point a general word for 'rue' in Punic-influenced Latin spoken on Sardinia, it may have expanded up to its present-day location during the romanization of Sardinia, after it was lost everywhere else. Translations putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet Albanian: sq romanizim m Arabic: ar رَوْمَنَة f, ar نَقْحَرَة f, ar كَرْشَنَة f, ar لَاتِينِيَّة f Armenian: hy ռոմանիզացիա, hy լատինականացում Azerbaijani: az romanlaşdırma, az latınlaşma Belarusian: be латыніза́цыя f, be раманіза́цыя f Bulgarian: bg латиниза́ция f, bg романиза́ция f Catalan: ca romanització f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 羅馬化 luómǎhuà, cmn 拉丁化 lādīnghuà, of Mandarin cmn 拼音 pīnyīn, cmn 羅馬字 luómǎzì Czech: cs romanizace f, cs latinizace f Danish: da romanisering c Dutch: nl romanisatie f Finnish: fi latinisaatio French: fr transcription en caractères romains f, fr romanisation f Frisian: West Frisian: fy romanisaasje c Georgian: ka რომანიზაცია, ka ლათინიზაცია German: de Romanisierung f Hebrew: he רומניזציה f Hindi: hi रोमनीकरण m romanīkaraṇ Hungarian: hu latin betűs átírás Indonesian: id romanisasi Italian: it romanizzazione f Japanese: ja ラテン文字化 ラテンもじか, Raten mojika, ja ローマ字化 ローマじか, rōmajika, of Japanese ja ローマ字 ローマじ, rōmaji, ja ローマ字綴り ローマじつづり, rōmaji tsuzuri Kazakh: kk латындандыру, kk романдандыру Khmer: km ឡាតាំងនីយកម្ម, km ឡាតាំងយានកម្ម Korean: ko 로마자화, ko 로마자 of Korean Kyrgyz: ky латинизация, ky латиндештирүү Macedonian: mk романизација f, mk латинизација f Malay: ms perumian Norwegian: Bokmål: nb romanisering m Occitan: oc romanizacion f Persian: fa لاتین‌نویسی lâtin-nevisi, fa رومن‌نویسی roman-nevisi, fa رومن‌سازی roman-sâzi Polish: pl latynizacja f, pl romanizacja f Portuguese: pt romanização f Romanian: ro romanizare f Russian: ru латиниза́ция f, ru романиза́ция f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh латиниза́ција f, sh романиза́ција f Latin: sh latinizácija f, sh romanizácija f Slovak: sk latinizácia f, sk romanizácia f Slovene: sl latinizacija f, sl romanizacija f Spanish: es romanización f Swedish: sv romanisering c Tajik: tg романонӣ, tg лотинизатсия Thai: th ทำให้เป็นแบบโรมัน tam-hâi bpen bɛ̀ɛp roo-man, th การถอดเป็นอักษรโรมัน gaan-tɔ̀ɔt bpen àk-sɔ̌ɔn roo-man Turkish: tr romanizasyon, tr romanlaştırma, tr latinleştirme Ukrainian: uk латиніза́ція f, uk романіза́ція f Urdu: ur رومن نویسی f roman navīsī Uzbek: uz romanlashtirish, uz latinlashtirish See also en transliteration en transcription en Latinization Further reading Romanization, romanization, Romanisation, romanisation en Orthography Writing systems