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transliteration

conversion of a text from one script to another, typically with a one-to-one correspondence
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Summary

transliteration ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,165 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: conversion of script[2]
  • Part of: conversion of script[3]
  • Commons category: Transliteration[4]
  • Edition or translation of: şeriyye court archives[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Transliteration[6]
  • Described by source: The Sanseido Dictionary of Linguistics[7]
  • Has effect: transliterated text[8]
  • Main Wikidata property: P2440[9]
  • Different from: transcription[10]
  • Uses: transliteration system[11]
  • P14541: 25RiU9[12]

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Influence

Things named for transliteration include translit[13].

Why It Matters

transliteration has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] transliteration is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Entities named for transliteration include translit[13].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . zgbk.com. zgbk.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_transliteration_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{transliteration}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/transliteration}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 1848
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 14478
    Sitelink count → 80
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'ba', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'ca',
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 1848, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7327344|transliteration (#7327344)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 25RiU9
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37385|batch #37385]]: Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) (P14541)"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0005518-transliterace
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0005518-transliterace, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → conversion of a text from one script to another, typically with a one-to-one cor
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 8293, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  5. 22w ago · Dwer · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses → transliteration system
    Wikidata description → conversion of a text from one script to another, typically with a one-to-one cor
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Uses: transliteration system"
  6. 23w ago · DeltaBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main wikidata property → P2440
    Edition or translation of → şeriyye court archives
    Has effect → transliterated text
    Different from → transcription
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Edition or translation of: şeriyye court archives, adding inverse claim"
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