128 Report on Transliteration, [July, 



PKOPOSALS 



OF THE 



SUB-COMMITTEE FOR THE TRANSLITERATION OF THE 

 ARABIC ALPHABET. 



1. The Committee agree upon the following : 



*_>6 — CD^ — ^ h — ^ d — J r — J z — (j*s — 

 ^jos — iJ f — (J q — f^ k — J I — ^ m — c^ n — 



* ^ — V i^ 



2. For ^ they recommend j but will allow dj to be used as a 



substitute. 



3. For (^ d but allow z in India. 



4. For is t and for Je z. This is to avoid upsetting the Indian 



accepted system — elsewhere t and z will suffice. 



5. For is y whenever <^ is a consonant. Whilst fully appreciating 



the reasons why German Orientalists have preferred y, the 

 Committee feel obliged to adopt the character used throughout 

 India and by English, French and many other writers and 

 scholars. 



6. t at the commencement of a word need not be transliterated, Hamzah 



in the middle or at the end of a word to be represented by * 

 above the line. 



7. For a ' above the line (a comma reversed). 



8. For '^ t ^ ^ t -^ ^ 



t h d 8 g z c 



but agree that th Ml dh sh §[h zh ch may be used as substitutes 



for the above. 

 They consider that t, h etc., are better than ?, h, t, h etc., or any 



others in which the mark is placed above the consonant, as in 



this position the mark may be taken for the accent of a vowel, 



the cross of a t, etc., etc. 

 They will allow in India as substitutes for the above *-> s and i z. 



9. For J as a consonant w. 



10. For *J in Persian, Hindustani & Turkish g. 



11. (Omitted.) 



