ALA-LC Romanization

ALA-LC Romanization

ALA-LC is a set of standards for romanization, or the representation of text in other writing systems using the Latin alphabet. The initials stand for American Library Association-Library of Congress.

See also

* Arabic transliteration
* Devanagari transliteration
* Romanization of Armenian
* Romanization of Belarusian
* Romanization of Bulgarian
* Romanization of Khmer (Cambodian)
* Lao alphabet
* ALA-LC romanization for Russian
* Romanization of Ukrainian

External links

* [http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html ALA-LC romanization]


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