UNGEGN Arabic romanization system

E1031755

The UNGEGN Arabic romanization system is a United Nations-approved standard for systematically converting Arabic script into Latin characters for consistent international use in geographic names and related contexts.

Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic–Latin transliteration system
United Nations standard
geographic names standard
romanization system
appliesToLanguage Arabic NERFINISHED
appliesToScriptVariant Modern Standard Arabic orthography
approvedBy United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names NERFINISHED
basisFor standardized romanized Arabic place names in UN documents
characteristic diacritic-based representation of Arabic consonants and vowels
distinguishes emphatic consonants
distinguishes long and short vowels
provides rules for definite article al-
provides rules for gemination (shadda)
provides rules for hamza and ʿayn
provides rules for sun and moon letters
reversible romanization in principle
systematic character-by-character conversion rules
coordinatedBy UNGEGN Working Group on Romanization Systems NERFINISHED
developedBy United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names NERFINISHED
distinguishedFrom informal Arabic transcription systems
national Arabic romanization systems
domain cartography
geographical information
toponymy
endorsedBy United Nations NERFINISHED
goal consistency in romanization of Arabic geographical names
standardization of Arabic place names in international usage
unambiguous conversion from Arabic script to Latin characters
governs romanization of Arabic consonants
romanization of Arabic diacritics
romanization of Arabic vowels
treatment of word boundaries in Arabic geographical names
hasAbbreviation UNGEGN NERFINISHED
intendedFor international standardization of geographical names
relatedTo Arabic language standardization
UNGEGN NERFINISHED
United Nations romanization systems NERFINISHED
scriptSource Arabic script
scriptTarget Latin script
shortName UNGEGN Arabic system NERFINISHED
useCase gazetteers
geographical names
international documents
maps
usedBy cartographers
gazetteer compilers
international organizations
national mapping agencies

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

DIN 31635 differsFrom UNGEGN Arabic romanization system