A Manual of Transliteration and Transcription for Old Uyghur Editions in the Turkey

Abstract

Transliteration (< trans + litera) is the spelling of words from one script with characters from the another. Transcription (< trans + script) is the representation of the sound of words in a language using any set of symbols you may care to invent or borrow for the purpose. The article deals with the characters of transliteration and transcription for editing of Old Uygur texts in Turkey.

Keywords

• Old Uyghur
• transliteration
• transcription
• edition

Türkiye’deki Eski Uygurca Metin Neşirleri İçin Kullanılacak Harfçevrim ve Yazıçevrim Kılavuzu

Abstract

Transliteration (< trans + litera) is the spelling of words from one script with characters from the another. Transcription (< trans + script) is the representation of the sound of words in a language using any set of symbols you may care to invent or borrow for the purpose. The article deals with the characters of transliteration and transcription for editing of Old Uygur texts in Turkey.

Keywords

• Old Uyghur
• transliteration
• transcription
• edition

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