TRANSLITERATION

SYRIAC

CONSONANTS


ܐ	ʾ	ܛ	ṭ	ܥ	c
ܒ	b or v	ܝ	j (English consonantal y)	ܦ	p or f
ܓ	g (English hard g) or gh	ܟ	k or kh	ܨ	ṣ
ܕ	d or dh	ܠ	l	ܩ	q
ܗ	h	ܡ	m	ܪ	r
ܘ	w	ܢ	n	ܫ	sh
ܙ	z	ܣ	s	ܬ	t or th
ܚ	ḥ

Doubling is shown only by the lack of fricativeness.

VOWELS


pethāḥā	a	revāṣā+j or final ʾ	ē	ceṣāṣā	u
zeqāfā	å	ḥevāṣā	i	ceṣāṣā+w	ū
zeqāfā+final ʾ	å	ḥevāṣā+j	ī	shewā	e
revāṣā	e

ARABIC

The system here used is based largely on that embodied in the Oriental Institute's archives. See A. A. Brux, "Arabic-English Transliteration for Library Purposes," AJSL, XLVII (1930/31), No. 1, Part 2. Variations therefrom are:

ى j (instead of y) ج ǧ (instead of j)

Note also that initial ʾ is not indicated, that kh represents Arabic خ (not fricative k), and that ق is represented by ḳ (instead of q).