Japanese transcription

For the transcription of the Japanese script into the Latin alphabet, various systems have been developed, the systematics of which are based on the 50-sound table . The following systems are widely used:

• Hepburn system ( Hebonshiki )
• JSL / Japanese Yale
• Kunrei system ( Kunreishiki ) standardized as ISO-3602, a further development of the
• Nippon system ( Nihonshiki / Nipponshiki )

The Polivanov system was developed for the transcription of the Japanese script into the Cyrillic alphabet .

Japanese Braille was developed as a transcription for special purposes for the blind and people with severe visual impairments.

Web links

• Wolfgang Hadamitzky: Transcription Systems . Retrieved March 17, 2017 (Japanese).