Re:Gitmoji – Yay or Nay?
by OJFord on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @09:38AM
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Not to mention that transliterations aren't standardised (or rather, there are competing standards, and casually/colloquially people don't use any of them).
Even popular films released with Latin-alphabet names don't use the International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST) for example.
It makes it hard as someone learning Hindi, because I might read or someone tells it's spelt 'k, u, l', but actually it's 'ka, la', i.e. kal or कल (yesterday/tomorrow) for example.
(And that's a common example, becauss IAST uses 'a' for inherent vowel, but many people write 'u', which is arguably often closer to the right sound if read as English, but that's probably not a high priority goal of IAST.)
Even popular films released with Latin-alphabet names don't use the International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST) for example.
It makes it hard as someone learning Hindi, because I might read or someone tells it's spelt 'k, u, l', but actually it's 'ka, la', i.e. kal or कल (yesterday/tomorrow) for example.
(And that's a common example, becauss IAST uses 'a' for inherent vowel, but many people write 'u', which is arguably often closer to the right sound if read as English, but that's probably not a high priority goal of IAST.)