UNGEGN Arabic romanization system
E1031755
Arabic–Latin transliteration system
United Nations standard
geographic names standard
romanization system
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.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic–Latin transliteration system
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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
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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
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national Arabic romanization systems ⓘ |
| domain |
cartography
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geographical information ⓘ toponymy ⓘ |
| endorsedBy | United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal |
consistency in romanization of Arabic geographical names
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standardization of Arabic place names in international usage ⓘ unambiguous conversion from Arabic script to Latin characters ⓘ |
| governs |
romanization of Arabic consonants
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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
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UNGEGN NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations romanization systems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptSource | Arabic script ⓘ |
| scriptTarget | Latin script ⓘ |
| shortName | UNGEGN Arabic system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| useCase |
gazetteers
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geographical names ⓘ international documents ⓘ maps ⓘ |
| usedBy |
cartographers
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gazetteer compilers ⓘ international organizations ⓘ national mapping agencies ⓘ |
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