Template:Transliteration



Usage
This template is intended to ultimately replace all "transliteration" templates (like . These templates are still  usable, but they  just transclude this one (e.g.   is a shortcut for  ).

At present, this template is explicitly aware of individual css classes: pending a smarter solution in MediaWiki:Common.css.
 * "latinx" (default)
 * "IAST" (from IAST)
 * "Arabic Unicode" (from ArabDIN)
 * "Semitic Unicode" (fropm semxlit)

This template is kept separate from lang to address formatting issues (via css classes) and identification of transliteration schemes used. Ultimately, if these concerns are smartly addressed in the css file and/or in lang, using  should be equivalent to using , viz. stating that the string is a Romanization by adding "-Latn" to the language code.

There are two ways of using this template: with or without specifying the transliteration scheme used:
 * two parameters:  means that "al-Khwarizmi" is a transliteration from the Arabic in a loose or unspecified scheme.
 * three parameters:  the second parameter specifies the scheme used (DIN vs. ALA).    is equivalent to , and   to.

examples:
 * al-Khwarizmi / DIN 31635: al-Ḫuwārizmī / ISO 233: al-H̱uwārizmī / ALA: al-Khwārizmī
 * RTGST: phasa thai / ISO 11940: p̣hās̄ʹāthịy