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Art. XII.—On a Proposed Method of Transliterating the Languages written in the Arabic Character

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

H. T. Lyon
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Extract

In bringing forward a scheme for the conversion of the Arabic character to the Latin—the second most widely spread alphabet of the world to the first—a word may be said as to the objections which the mere mention of such a proposal invariably evolves.

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Original Communications
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , July 1890 , pp. 631 - 638
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1890

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1 It is not absolutely necessary to have a system of transliteration in order to enable a type-writer to be used. As a mechanical expert I have no hesitation in saying that with a very slight alteration the ordinary type-writer could be adapted to the Arabic character.