Isaac A. Penzev ta nugatu-r:
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> Is there any ASCII-friendly scheme for ***transliterating*** Ar-script (NOT
> a transcription!!! -- I know X-SAMPA!), or should I introduce my own one?
This is not a fully transliteration but I am using following scheme:
1) script not vocalised
? b t t_ g< h. h_ d d_ r z s s< s. d. t. z. ' g- f q k l m n h w y
2) script vocalised
?alifun not transliterated
hamzah" ?
"supports" of hamzah" not transliterated
ta:?un marbu:tah" h"
short vowels a i u
long vowels a: i: u:
diphthongs aw ay
nunation an in un
?alifun maqsurah" a`
maddah" ~
suku:nun not transliterated
s<addah" doubling of consonant
was.lah" < after vowel
def. state prefix ?al (no dash!)
with assimilation ?a
la:mun + ?alifun ligature la:
Examples:
la: g<adi:da tah.ta a<s<s<amsi 'nihil novi sub sole'
wahuna:ka ba'd.u h.ayawa:na:tin uh_ra` turabbi:ha: h.ayawa:na:tun uh_ra`
'there are some animals brought up by other animals'
See also my signature.
> I think I also need a Farsi keyboard driver for Windows98. I found (and
> downloaded and installed both in the college and at home) a patch with
> Hebrew and Arabic cp*.nls and kbd*.kbd. It works more or less good (though
> it still doesn't permit to change font size in Word2K), but with [AR]
> keyboard I can input only Arabic chars, but I'm afraid I'll need some
> diacritics (like Persian 'gaf' [U+06AF] or 'veh' [U+06A4])...
> A reference to any other good utility will be appreciated.
> My configs are Win98Ru/MSOffice2K +IE5.0/OE5 (college) :: +Opera6.0/OE6
> (home)
Try Keyman: http://www.tavultesoft.com/
and Babelpad:
http://uk.geocities.com/babelstone1357/Software/BabelPad.html
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