CJKV Information Processing, 2nd Edition

Latin Characters, Transliteration, and Romanization

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e only dierence among these systems’ long vowel transliterations is the use of a ma-

cron (Hepburn) versus a circumex (Kunrei and Nippon). Almost all Latin fonts include

circumexed vowels, but those with macroned vowels are still relatively rare.

Finally, Table 2-8 shows some examples of how to transliterate Japanese double conso-

nants, all of which use a small  or  (tsu).

Japanese transliteration—double consonantsTable 2-8.

Example Transliteration



kakko



issho



fusso



netchū



shitte



bitto



beddo



bahha

Korean Transliteration Methods

ere are now four generally accepted methods for transliterating Korean text: e Re-

vised Romanization of Korean

*

(/󰁚󰒢 gugeoui

romaja pyogibeop), established on July 7, 2000; Ministry of Education (/

mungyobu, derived from and sometimes referred to as McCune-Reischauer), established

on January 13, 1984;

†

Korean Language Society (/󰓐󰘁 hangeul hakhoe),

established on February 21, 1984;

‡

and ISO/TR 11941:1996 (Information Documentation—

Transliteration of Korean Script into Latin Characters), established in 1996. e transliter-

ated Korean text in this book adheres to the RRK transliteration method because it repre-

sents the ocial way in which Korean text is transliterated, at least in South Korea.

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Other

transliteration methods, not covered in this ...