Re: Arabic transliteration

Isaac A. Penzev writes:
 > Shalom everybody!
 >
 > I've just started working over a new conlang project. The original script
 > for the conlang should be Arabic. I'm sure I cannot post messages here in
 > Ar-script even with my mail client permitting me to use Unicode -- the
 > server messes them up, doesn't it? And quite few people have Arabic support
 > in their OS's...
 >
 > Is there any ASCII-friendly scheme for ***transliterating*** Ar-script (NOT
 > a transcription!!! -- I know X-SAMPA!), or should I introduce my own one?
 >

I'm uncertain as to whether this will be of any use to you - I don't
know if it'll be recognized _anywhere_ - but there is such a scheme
described here (although he calls it transcription, I think it's the
kind of thing you want).

 http://freespace.virgin.net/francis.miles/es3transcr.htm

It's actually a general scheme for Semitic languages - Arabic is at
the bottom.