ALA-LC
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ALA-LC is a widely used romanization standard developed by the American Library Association and the Library of Congress for converting non-Latin scripts into the Latin alphabet.
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
romanization standard
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transliteration system ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Arabic script
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Armenian script NERFINISHED ⓘ Bengali script NERFINISHED ⓘ Chinese characters ⓘ Cyrillic script NERFINISHED ⓘ Devanagari script NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethiopic script ⓘ Georgian script NERFINISHED ⓘ Geʽez script NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek script ⓘ Gujarati script NERFINISHED ⓘ Gurmukhi script NERFINISHED ⓘ Hebrew script ⓘ Japanese script ⓘ Kannada script NERFINISHED ⓘ Khmer script NERFINISHED ⓘ Korean script ⓘ Lao script NERFINISHED ⓘ Malayalam script NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongolian script NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian script ⓘ Syriac script NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil script ⓘ Telugu script NERFINISHED ⓘ Thai script ⓘ Tibetan script NERFINISHED ⓘ Urdu script NERFINISHED ⓘ Yiddish script ⓘ |
| basedOn |
principles of consistency
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principles of reversibility ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| developer |
American Library Association
NERFINISHED
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Library of Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
ISO romanization standards
NERFINISHED
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UNGEGN romanization systems ⓘ |
| field | library and information science ⓘ |
| goal |
facilitate cataloging and retrieval of materials
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standardized representation of non-Latin scripts in Latin characters ⓘ |
| hasPart | ALA-LC Romanization Tables NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationVenue | Library of Congress romanization tables NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptTarget | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| use |
authority control
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bibliographic description ⓘ library cataloging ⓘ romanization of non-Latin scripts ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Library of Congress
NERFINISHED
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academic libraries ⓘ bibliographic databases ⓘ national libraries ⓘ research libraries ⓘ |
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