Template:Transliteration/doc

Purpose
This template is intended to unify all "transliteration" templates (like . These templates are still  usable, but they  just transclude this one (e.g.   is a shortcut for  ), and   for.

The transliteration is marked as belonging in the "latinx" class of MediaWiki:Common.css (note, this renders obsolete the "IAST" class formerly used by.

Usage
There are two ways of using this template: with or without specifying the transliteration scheme used:
 * two parameters, with ISO 639 language code:  means that "al-Khwarizmi" is a transliteration from the Arabic in a loose or unspecified scheme.
 * two parameters, with ISO 15924 script code:  means that "MAQI" transliterates an Ogham inscription without specifying the language. Potentially useful when writing systems themselves are under discussion, e.g.  , not   or   when discussing the letter Ш.


 * three parameters, with ISO 639 language code:  the second parameter specifies the scheme used (DIN vs. ALA).
 * three parameters, with ISO 15924 script code:  for ﺥ.

Examples

 * al-Khwarizmi / DIN 31635: al-Ḫuwārizmī / ISO 233: al-H̱uwārizmī / ALA: al-Khwārizmī
 * RTGS: phasa thai / ISO 11940: p̣hās̄ʹāthịy

ISO:
 * Russian/русский :  russkij
 * Abkhaz/Аҧсуа : aṗsua
 * Arabic/عربي :  ʿarabī
 * Tamil/தமிழ் : tamiḻ
 * Bengali/বাংলা : baṅla
 * Greek/ελληνικά : ellēniká
 * Georgian/ქართული  : k'art'uli
 * Pinyin/漢語拼音 : hànyǔ pīnyīn
 * Thai/ภาษาไทย] : p̣hās̄ʹāthịy