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Report on Transliteration . 
[July, 
PROPOSALS 
OF THE 
SUB-COMMITTEE FOR THE TRANSLITERATION OF THE 
ARABIC ALPHABET. 
1. The Committee agree upon the following : 
«-> b — o t — £ h — id — j r — j z — s — 
^_f> s — o / — (jj q — «-£ k — J l — f m — o n — 
a h — VP 
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 Jb t and for le z. This is to avoid upsetting the Indian 
accepted system — elsewhere t and z will suffice. 
5. For y whenever is a consonant. Whilst fully appreciating 
the reasons wliy German Orientalists have preferred j, the 
Committee feel obliged to adopt the character used throughout 
India and by English, French and many other writers and 
scholars. 
6. | 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 ^ ‘ above the line (a comma reversed). 
8. For & £ ^ u» £ j ^ 
t h d s q z c 
but agree that tli Mi dh sh gh zh ch may be used as substitutes 
for the above. 
They consider that h etc., are better than t, 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 <-> $ and i z . 
9. For j as a consonant w. 
10. For vJ in Persian, Hindustani & Turkish g . 
11. (Omitted.) 
