The international standard ISO 233 establishes a system for

romanization of Arabic The romanization of Arabic is the systematic rendering of written and spoken Arabic in the Latin script. Romanized Arabic is used for various purposes, among them transcription of names and titles, cataloging Arabic language works, language e ...

and

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. It was supplemented by ISO 233-2 in 1993.

1984 edition

The table below shows the consonants for the

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ISO 233-2:1993

ISO 233-2:1993 is an

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schema for the simplified transliteration of Arabic characters into Roman characters. This transliteration system was adopted as an amendment to ISO 233:1984. It is used mainly in library context, and was introduced because ISO 233 was not meeting the indexing purposes, which are essential for the consistency of library catalogs. According to ISO 233-2(1993), Arabic words are vocalized prior to romanization. ISO 233-2 is used in French libraries and in

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n libraries, and is recommended by

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for establishing key titles when cataloguing serials.

ISO 233-3:1999

ISO 233-3:1999 is dedicated to "Persian language – Simplified transliteration".

ISO/R 233:1961

ISO/R 233 is an earlier standard that has been withdrawn.

External links

Transliteration of Non-Roman Scripts
-A collection of writing systems and transliteration tables, by Thomas T. Pedersen. PDF reference charts include ISO 233.

References