SASM/GNC romanization
Romanization systems used in China
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These romanization systems have been used for foreign translations of Chinese personal names and toponyms since 1978.
All schemes except pinyin have a strict form and a broad form, where the broad form is used in general. In the case of pinyin, tone marks are omitted in practice.
Chinese
Hanyu Pinyin is used for the romanization of Chinese; however, the tone marks are omitted in the broad sense and included in the strict sense.
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Mongolian
Scheme
Though Mongolian script is listed within the standard, it is still a phonetic transcription based on the Qahar dialect. For example, ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠬᠠᠳᠠ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ is not transcribed as Ûlaganhada hôta but rather Ûlaanhad hôt (strict) or Ulanhad hot (broad).
Though it is recommended within the standard the strict transcription to use the system when transcribing place names and broad transcription is recommended for general use, strict transcription is rarely used in practice, e.g. Hohhot rather than Hohhôt. In certain occasions, the SASM/GNC/SRC romanization of Mongolian is even fused with Hanyu pinyin, such as Huhhot or Huhehot.
Examples
Characters labeled as red in SASM/GNC/SRC strict and Cyrillic Mongolian are not mutually isomorphic. This may be caused by dialectal difference (Chakhar and Khalkha) or different interpretation of the concept phonetical and phonemical. Characters labeled as green in SASM/GNC/SRC strict and Traditional Mongolian are not mutually equivalent.
Tibetan
Uyghur
The SASM/GNC/SRC romanization system for the Uyghur language is based on Uyghur New script (commonly known as Yengi Yeziⱪ or Uyghur Pinyin Yëziqi), since at the time it devised Uyghur New script was the official orthography of the Uyghur language in China.
Scheme
- UEY – Uyghur Arabic script (Uyghur Ereb Yëziqi)
- UKY – Uyghur Cyrillic alphabet (Uyghur Kiril Yëziqi)
- ULY – Uyghur Latin script (Uyghur Latin Yëziqi)
- UYY – Uyghur New script (Uyghur Yëngi Yëziqi)
- broad – SASM/GNC/SRC broad
- strict – SASM/GNC/SRC strict
Non-SASM/GNC/SRC transcriptions and orthographies in China
Pinyin-based or pinyin-influenced
Romanizations such as Bbánlám pìngyīm and Guangdong Romanization, and orthographies such as the Zhuang alphabet (1982) and Yengi Yeziⱪ for Uyghur (Uyghur Pinyin Yëziqi), are not used for SASM/GNC/SRC transcriptions.
Non-SASM/GNC/SRC transcriptions used in China
Non-SASM/GNC/SRC transliterations may be used in China for scholarly purposes, and are promoted for those circumstances. For example, libraries in China use Wylie transliteration and scientific transcription to transcribe Tibetan and Mongolian book titles respectively within the library catalog.
Non-SASM/GNC/SRC transcriptions (e.g. the THDL), however, are not rather promoted.
Personal and place names from languages without SASM/GNC/SRC romanization
For personal and place names from languages without SASM/GNC/SRC romanization, the pinyin romanization of its transcription into Chinese characters are used. For example, Xishuangbanna is not transcribed as Sipsongpanna or Sibsongbanna.
The Oirat language, however, is transcribed from the corresponding Qahar dialect, since it is considered officially by the PRC government as a dialect of Mongolian.