Arabic-L:LING:Transcription

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Date: 15 Jun 2010
From:Giuliano Lancioni <lancioni at uniroma3.it>
Subject:Transcription

As to preferred methods to transcribe Arabic, I think there is some variation, at least across Europe.

In my perception, however, almost nobody really uses the EI system, which is generally regarded as cumbersome.

In particular, underlined digraphs (as dj underlined for jim) are virtually disappeared in current use, even among French Arabists (from whose usage this convention came from), unless one is quoting an entry in EI itself.

Single-character systems (with dots and macrons below and above letters) are far more widespread.

Giuliano Lancioni

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