romanized
Written in ABCs
Romanized means converted into the Roman alphabet—the letters used by English and most Western European languages.
Languages with different writing systems (Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Russian) are romanized to make them accessible to readers who can't read the original script: romanized Japanese, a romanized version of his name.
The process is romanization.
Manner of speaking words
- transliterationCross-script phonetic spelling
- soundsAudible vibrations
- vowelsLetters with unblocked airflow
- consonantsLetters that aren't vowels
syllables · stress · accent · tone · pinyin · romaji · phoneme · diphthong
Chinese-to-alphabet conversion system
Adapting to Roman patterns
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- conversionAct of changing states
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
- kanaJapanese phonetic writing system
pronunciation
Manner of speaking words
- transliterationCross-script phonetic spelling
- soundsAudible vibrations
- vowelsLetters with unblocked airflow
consonants · syllables · stress · accent · tone · pinyin · romaji · phoneme · diphthong · articulation
pinyin
Chinese-to-alphabet conversion system
latinization
Adapting to Roman patterns
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- conversionAct of changing states
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
- Romanizationtransliteration, pinyin, Pinyin, romaji, Hepburn
- Cultural adaptationanglicized, Hispanicized, Germanized, Hellenized, Latinized
romanizedauthentic
Verified as original
original · native · indigenous · unwesternized · untranslated