Language
transliteration
noun
Definition
The process of writing words from one alphabet using corresponding characters of another.
In a sentence
“Various transliteration systems exist for converting Arabic script into the Latin alphabet.”
Synonyms
transcriptionromanisation
Common collocations
- transliteration system
- phonetic transliteration
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