romanised
Converted to Latin
Romanised is the British spelling of romanized, describing text converted from a non-Latin writing system into the Roman alphabet.
Chinese names are romanised for English readers; Japanese words appear in romanised form as romaji.
The romanised version of 北京 is Beijing.
Also applies to cultures or peoples brought under Roman influence in antiquity.
Mandarin transliteration system
- romajiJapanese in Latin letters
- latinizationAdapting to Roman patterns
- conversion tableReference for unit equivalents
- diacriticsMarks altering letter pronunciation
Cross-script phonetic spelling
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- conversionAct of changing states
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- encodingConverting data to format
mapping · correspondence · reversibility · lossless · one-to-one · systematic · machine-readable · searchable
Written version of speech
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- vowelsLetters with unblocked airflow
- consonantsLetters that aren't vowels
- syllablesUnits of pronunciation
tone · stress · phonemic · phonetic spelling · aspiration · diphthong · voiced · unvoiced
Slavic alphabet system
- HangulKorean alphabetic script
- ArabicSemitic language family member
- HebrewSemitic language of Israel
- GreekOf Athenian origin
Chinese characters · hiragana · katakana · Thai · Tamil · Bengali · Armenian · Georgian
Adopted foreign vocabulary
- borrowed termsWords taken from other languages
- place namesGeographic designations
- personal namesIdentifying labels for individuals
- brand namesProprietary product identifiers
signage · subtitles · karaoke · anime · manga · K-pop · Bollywood · diaspora
Pinyin
Mandarin transliteration system
- romajiJapanese in Latin letters
- latinizationAdapting to Roman patterns
- conversion tableReference for unit equivalents
Hepburn · diacritics · apostrophes · digraphs
transliteration
Cross-script phonetic spelling
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- conversionAct of changing states
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
encoding · mapping · correspondence · reversibility · lossless · one-to-one · systematic · machine-readable · searchable · indexing
transcription
Written version of speech
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- vowelsLetters with unblocked airflow
- consonantsLetters that aren't vowels
syllables · tone · stress · phonemic · phonetic spelling · aspiration · diphthong · voiced · unvoiced · nasalization
Cyrillic
Slavic alphabet system
Greek · Chinese characters · hiragana · katakana · Thai · Tamil · Bengali · Armenian · Georgian · Tibetan
loanwords
Adopted foreign vocabulary
- borrowed termsWords taken from other languages
- place namesGeographic designations
- personal namesIdentifying labels for individuals
brand names · signage · subtitles · karaoke · anime · manga · K-pop · Bollywood · diaspora · language learning
romanisedunconquered
Never overcome or subdued
indigenous · unassimilated · native · barbarian · non-Roman
Rome, Romanization, Romanize, Roman, Romance, Romanesque, romanization, romanize