romanise
Convert to Latin
Romanise is the British spelling of romanize.
To romanise is to convert text from another writing system into Roman (Latin) letters: romanised Chinese, romanised Japanese.
The process makes unfamiliar scripts accessible to Western readers.
Romanise can also mean to bring under Roman Catholic influence or to give something a Roman character.
Study of speech sounds
- orthographyStandard writing conventions
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- phonemeMinimal distinctive sound unit
- diacriticsMarks altering letter pronunciation
tone · stress · syllable · vowel · consonant · aspiration · approximation · IPA
Adapting to Roman patterns
- transliterationCross-script phonetic spelling
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- conversionAct of changing states
- anglicizeAdapt to English conventions
pinyin · romaji · ISO · standardization · encoding · representation · rendering · system
Language's letter system
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- kanaJapanese phonetic writing system
- glyphsCarved symbolic figures
- graphemeMinimal written symbol unit
Global standards body
- internationalizationDesigning for regional adaptability
- localizationAdapting for specific markets
- searchabilityEase of being found
- indexingSystematic organization for retrieval
keyboard · input · digitization · database · cataloguing · library · bibliographic · citation
phonetics
Study of speech sounds
- orthographyStandard writing conventions
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- phonemeMinimal distinctive sound unit
diacritics · tone · stress · syllable · vowel · consonant · aspiration · approximation · IPA · pronunciation
latinization
Adapting to Roman patterns
- transliterationCross-script phonetic spelling
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- conversionAct of changing states
anglicize · pinyin · romaji · ISO · standardization · encoding · representation · rendering · system
alphabet
Language's letter system
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- kanaJapanese phonetic writing system
- glyphsCarved symbolic figures
grapheme · letterforms · writing · notation
ISO
Global standards body
- internationalizationDesigning for regional adaptability
- localizationAdapting for specific markets
- searchabilityEase of being found
indexing · keyboard · input · digitization · database · cataloguing · library · bibliographic · citation · sorting
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