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iso ISO publishes romanization standards under several numbers — ISO 9 (Cyrillic), ISO 233 (Arabic), ISO 259 (Hebrew), ISO 843 (Greek), ISO 3602 (Japanese), and ISO 7098 (Chinese). These are the standards cited in academic publishing and library science.
Publication timeline
Systems by decade.
- 1980s 2
- 1990s 9
- 2000s 19
Source scripts covered
17 scripts.
- Arabic
Arab3 systems - Bengali (Bangla)
Beng3 systems - Cyrillic
Cyrl1 system - Devanagari (Nagari)
Deva7 systems - Georgian (Mkhedruli and Mtavruli)
Geor1 system - Greek
Grek2 systems - Gujarati
Gujr1 system - Gurmukhi
Guru1 system - Hangul (Hangŭl, Hangeul)
Hang2 systems - Japanese syllabaries (alias for Hiragana + Katakana)
Hrkt1 system - Katakana
Kana1 system - Malayalam
Mlym1 system - Oriya (Odia)
Orya1 system - Sinhala
Sinh1 system - Tamil
Taml1 system - Telugu
Telu1 system - Thai
Thai2 systems
Systems
All 30 transliteration systems.
- 1984 ISO 233:1984 Documentation -- Transliteration of Arabic characters into Latin characters
iso-ara-Arab-Latn-233-1984Arab Latnمِصر Miṣr - 1989 ISO 3602:1989 documentation -- Romanization of Japanese (kana script)
iso-jpn-Hrkt-Latn-3602-1989Hrkt Latnかんおう kan’ô - 1993-08 ISO 233-2:1993 documentation -- Transliteration of Arabic characters into Latin characters
iso-ara-Arab-Latn-233-2-1993Arab Latnمِصر Miṣr - 1995 ISO 9:1995 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Cyrillic characters into Latin characters -- Slavic and non-Slavic languages (Russian)
iso-rus-Cyrl-Latn-9-1995Cyrl Latn - 1996 ISO 9984:1996 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Georgian characters into Latin characters
iso-kat-Geor-Latn-9984-1996Geor Latnხაოფსე xaop̕se - 1996 ISO/TR 11941:1996 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Korean script into Latin characters (Method 1)
iso-kor-Hang-Latn-1996-method1Hang Latn꽃이 kkoch'i - 1996 ISO/TR 11941:1996 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Korean script into Latin characters (Method 2)
iso-kor-Hang-Latn-1996-method2Hang Latn꽃이 ggoc'i - 1997 ISO 843:1997 Information and documentation -- Conversion of Greek characters into Latin characters (Table 1)
iso-ell-Grek-Latn-843-1997-t1Grek LatnΈνα πράμα μόνον με παρακίνησε κι εμένα να γράψω ότι τούτην την πατρίδα την έχομεν όλοι μαζί, και σοφοί κι αμαθείς και πλούσιοι και φτωχοί και πολιτικοί και στρατιωτικοί και οι πλέον μικρότεροι άνθρωποι· όσοι αγωνιστήκαμεν, αναλόγως ο καθείς, έχομεν να ζήσομεν εδώ. Το λοιπόν δουλέψαμεν όλοι μαζί, να την φυλάμεν κι όλοι μαζί και να μην λέγει ούτε ο δυνατός «εγώ» ούτε ο αδύνατος. Ξέρετε πότε να λέγει ο καθείς «εγώ»; Όταν αγωνιστεί μόνος του και φκιάσει ή χαλάσει, να λέγει «εγώ»· όταν όμως αγωνίζονται πολλοί και φκιάνουν, τότε να λένε «εμείς». Είμαστε εις το «εμείς» κι όχι εις το «εγώ». Και εις το εξής να μάθομεν γνώση, αν θέλομεν να φκιάσομεν χωριόν, να ζήσομεν όλοι μαζί. Γιάννης Μακρυγιάννης. Éna práma mónon me parakínīse ki eména na grápsō óti toútīn tīn patrída tīn échomen óloi mazí, kai sofoí ki amatheís kai ploúsioi kai ftōchoí kai politikoí kai stratiōtikoí kai oi pléon mikróteroi ánthrōpoi; ósoi agōnistī́kamen, analógōs o katheís, échomen na zī́somen edṓ. To loipón doulépsamen óloi mazí, na tīn fylámen ki óloi mazí kai na mīn légei oúte o dynatós «egṓ» oúte o adýnatos. Xérete póte na légei o katheís «egṓ»? Ótan agōnisteí mónos tou kai fkiásei ī́ chalásei, na légei «egṓ»; ótan ómōs agōnízontai polloí kai fkiánoun, tóte na léne «emeís». Eímaste eis to «emeís» ki óchi eis to «egṓ». Kai eis to exī́s na máthomen gnṓsī, an thélomen na fkiásomen chōrión, na zī́somen óloi mazí. Giánnīs Makrygiánnīs. - 1997 ISO 843:1997 Information and documentation -- Conversion of Greek characters into Latin characters (Table 2)
iso-ell-Grek-Latn-843-1997-t2Grek LatnΈνα πράμα μόνον με παρακίνησε κι εμένα να γράψω ότι τούτην την πατρίδα την έχομεν όλοι μαζί, και σοφοί κι αμαθείς και πλούσιοι και φτωχοί και πολιτικοί και στρατιωτικοί και οι πλέον μικρότεροι άνθρωποι· όσοι αγωνιστήκαμεν, αναλόγως ο καθείς, έχομεν να ζήσομεν εδώ. Το λοιπόν δουλέψαμεν όλοι μαζί, να την φυλάμεν κι όλοι μαζί και να μην λέγει ούτε ο δυνατός «εγώ» ούτε ο αδύνατος. Ξέρετε πότε να λέγει ο καθείς «εγώ»; Όταν αγωνιστεί μόνος του και φκιάσει ή χαλάσει, να λέγει «εγώ»· όταν όμως αγωνίζονται πολλοί και φκιάνουν, τότε να λένε «εμείς». Είμαστε εις το «εμείς» κι όχι εις το «εγώ». Και εις το εξής να μάθομεν γνώση, αν θέλομεν να φκιάσομεν χωριόν, να ζήσομεν όλοι μαζί. Γιάννης Μακρυγιάννης. Éna práma mónon me parakínise ki eména na grápso óti toútin tin patrída tin échomen óloi mazí, kai sofoí ki amatheís kai ploúsioi kai ftochoí kai politikoí kai stratiotikoí kai oi pléon mikróteroi ánthropoi; ósoi agonistíkamen, analógos o katheís, échomen na zísomen edó. To loipón doulépsamen óloi mazí, na tin fylámen ki óloi mazí kai na min légei oúte o dynatós «egó» oúte o adýnatos. Xérete póte na légei o katheís «egó»? Ótan agonisteí mónos tou kai fkiásei í chalásei, na légei «egó»; ótan ómos agonízontai polloí kai fkiánoun, tóte na léne «emeís». Eímaste eis to «emeís» ki óchi eis to «egó». Kai eis to exís na máthomen gnósi, an thélomen na fkiásomen chorión, na zísomen óloi mazí. Giánnis Makrygiánnis. - 1998 ISO 11940:1998 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Thai
iso-tha-Thai-Latn-11940-1998Thai Latnภาษาไทย p̣hās̛̄āịthy - 1999 ISO 223-3:1999 Persian language -- Simplified transliteration
iso-prs-Arab-Latn-233-3-1999Arab Latnآذَر âẕar - 2001 ISO 15919:2001 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters (Assamese)
iso-asm-Beng-Latn-15919-2001Beng Latnঅসমীয়া কবিতা asamaīẏaā kabaitaā - 2001 ISO 15919:2001 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters (Bengali)
iso-ben-Beng-Latn-15919-2001Beng Latnআগুয়েরোর হাঁটুর চোট āgauẏaeraora haām̐ṭaura caoṭa - 2001 ISO 15919:2001 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters (Gujarati)
iso-guj-Gujr-Latn-15919-2001Gujr Latnઅમિત શાહનો કોરોના રિપોર્ટ 2 ઓગસ્ટે પોઝિટિવ આવ્યો હતો, ત્યારથી તેમનું સ્વાસ્થ્ય સારું નથી amaita śaāhanao kaoraonaā raipaoratạ 2 ogasatạe paojhaitạiva āvayao hatao, tayaārathaī taemanauṁ savaāsathaya saārauṁ nathaī - 2001 ISO 15919:2001 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters (Hindi)
iso-hin-Deva-Latn-15919-2001Deva Latnहम hama - 2001 ISO 15919:2001 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters (Indic)
iso-inc-Deva-Latn-15919-2001Deva Latnउपमुख्यमंत्र्यांची 'मोठी' घोषणा; राज्यात केंद्राच्या कृषी व कामगार विधेयकाची अंमलबजावणी नाही upamaukhayamaṁtarayaāṁcaī 'maoṭhaī' ghaoṣaṇaā; raājayaāta kaeṁdaraācayaā kaṛṣaī va kaāmagaāra vaidhaeyakaācaī aṁmalabajaāvaṇaī naāhaī - 2001 ISO 15919:2001 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters (Kannada)
iso-kan-Kana-Latn-15919-2001Kana Latnಈಗ ವೈರಲ್ ಆಗುತ್ತಿದೆ ಕಂಗನಾ ರಣಾವುತ್ ಹಳೇಯ ವಿಡಿಯೋ īga vaairala āgautataidae kaṁganaā raṇaāvauta haḷaēya vaiḍaiyaō - 2001 ISO 15919:2001 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters (Malayalam)
iso-mal-Mlym-Latn-15919-2001Mlym Latnസ്വപ്നയ്ക്കൊപ്പം ഹോട്ടലിൽ മന്ത്രിപുത്രൻ, ചിത്രങ്ങൾ; ൪ കോടി കമ്മിഷനിലും പങ്കുപറ്റി svapnaykkaeāppam haōṭṭalai:la mantraipautra:ṇa, caitraṅṅa:ḷa; 4 kaōṭai kammaiṣanailaum paṅkaupaṟṟai - 2001 ISO 15919:2001 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters (Marathi)
iso-mar-Deva-Latn-15919-2001Deva Latnठाणे - जिल्ह्यात बुधवारी एक हजार रुग्णांची वाढ, तर जणांच्या मृत्यूची नोंद ṭhaāṇae - jailahayaāta baudhavaāraī eka hajaāra raugaṇaāṁcaī vaāḍha, tara jaṇaāṁcayaā maṛtayaūcaī naoṁda - 2001 ISO 15919:2001 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters (Nepali)
iso-nep-Deva-Latn-15919-2001Deva Latnलेखन laekhana - 2001 ISO 15919:2001 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters (Oriya)
iso-ori-Orya-Latn-15919-2001Orya Latnସାମ୍ପ୍ରତିକ ବିଶ୍ବ ସ୍ଥିତାବସ୍ଥାକୁ ଚାଲେଞ୍ଜ୍ କରୁଥିବା ଦୁଇ ମୁଖ୍ୟ ପ୍ରତିଦ୍ବନ୍ଦ୍ବୀ ହେଉଛନ୍ତି ଚୀନ୍ ଓ ରୁଷ୍: ଇଂଲଣ୍ଡ୍ ଗୁଇନ୍ଦା ଅଧିକାରୀ saāmaparataika baiśaba sathaitaābasathaākau caālaeñaja karauthaibaā daui maukhaẏa parataidabanadabaī haeuchanatai caīna o rauṣa: iṁlaṇaḍa gauinadaā adhaikaāraī - 2001 ISO 15919:2001 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters (Panjabi)
iso-pan-Guru-Latn-15919-2001Guru Latnਪੰਜਾਬ 'ਚ ਵਧ ਰਿਹਾ ਖ਼ੁਦਕੁਸ਼ੀਆਂ ਦਾ ਰੁਝਾਨ paṁjaāba 'ca vadha raihaā ḵẖaudakauśaīāṃ daā raujhaāna - 2001 ISO 15919:2001 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters (Pali in Bengali)
iso-pli-Beng-Latn-15919-2001Beng Latnতেন সমযেন বুদ্ধো ভগৰা ৰেরঞ্জাযং ৰিহরতি নল়েরুপুচিমন্দমূলে মহতা ভিক্খুসঙ্ঘেন সদ্ধিং পঞ্চমত্তেহি ভিক্খুসতেহি taena samayaena baudadhao bhagavaā vaerañajaāyaṁ vaiharatai nala়eraupaucaimanadamaūlae mahataā bhaikakhausaṅaghaena sadadhaiṁ pañacamatataehai bhaikakhausataehai - 2001 ISO 15919:2001 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters (Pali in Devanagari)
iso-pli-Deva-Latn-15919-2001Deva Latnतेन खो पन समयेन वेसालिया अविदूरे कलन्दगामो नाम अत्थि taena khao pana samayaena vaesaālaiyaā avaidaūrae kalanadagaāmao naāma atathai - 2001 ISO 15919:2001 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters (Pali in Sinhala)
iso-pli-Sinh-Latn-15919-2001Sinh Latnතෙන සමයෙන බුද්ධො භගවා වෙරඤ්ජායං විහරති නළෙරුපුචිමන්දමූලෙ මහතා භික්ඛුසඞ්ඝෙන සද්ධිං taena samayaena baudadhao bhagavaā vaerañajaāyaṁ vaiharatai naḷaeraupaucaimanadamaūlae mahataā bhaikakhausaṅaghaena sadadhaiṁ - 2001 ISO 15919:2001 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters (Pali in Thai)
iso-pli-Thai-Latn-15919-2001Thai Latnโย กปฺปโกฏีหิปิ อปฺปเมยฺยํ; oy kp–̥pokṭīh̄ipi xp–̥pemy–̥ẙ; - 2001 ISO 15919:2001 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters (Prakrit)
iso-pra-Deva-Latn-15919-2001Deva Latnसृष्टिस्थितिविनाशानां शक्तिभूते सनातनि saṛṣaṭaisathaitaivainaāśaānaāṁ śakataibhaūtae sanaātanai - 2001 ISO 15919:2001 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters (Sanskrit)
iso-san-Deva-Latn-15919-2001Deva Latnपूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात् पूर्ण्मुदच्यते paūraṇamadaḥ paūraṇamaidaṁ paūraṇaāta paūraṇamaudacayatae - 2001 ISO 15919:2001 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters (Tamil)
iso-tam-Taml-Latn-15919-2001Taml Latnகார்த்திகேயன் kaāratataikaēyaṉa - 2001 ISO 15919:2001 Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters (Telugu)
iso-tel-Telu-Latn-15919-2001Telu Latnఇప్పుడు ఇదే కోవలో టాలీవుడ్లో మరో మల్టీస్టారర్ రూపొందనుందని సినీ వర్గాల్లో వార్తలు వినిపిస్తున్నాయి ipapauḍau idaē kaōvalaō ṭaālaīvauḍalaō maraō malaṭaīsaṭaārara raūpaoṁdanauṁdanai sainaī varagaālalaō vaāratalau vainaipaisataunanaāyai