DIN 31635 Umschrift des arabischen Alphabets
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DIN 31635 Umschrift des arabischen Alphabets is a German standard for the scholarly transliteration of the Arabic script into the Latin alphabet.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| DIN 31635 Umschrift des arabischen Alphabets canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DIN 31635 Umschrift des arabischen Alphabets Context triple: [DIN 31635, fullName, DIN 31635 Umschrift des arabischen Alphabets]
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Arabic alphabet
The Arabic alphabet is a cursive, right-to-left abjad script used across the Arab world and adapted for many other languages, including Persian, Urdu, and Pashto.
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B.
DIN Next Arabic
DIN Next Arabic is a contemporary Arabic typeface family designed by Nadine Chahine as a companion to the DIN Next Latin typeface, known for its clean, modern, and highly legible design.
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C.
Arabic Extended-A
Arabic Extended-A is a Unicode block that provides additional Arabic script characters used for writing languages such as Uyghur and other non-Arabic languages.
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D.
Diwani script
Diwani script is an ornate Ottoman-era style of Arabic calligraphy characterized by its intricate, flowing lines and dense, decorative composition often used in royal decrees and official documents.
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E.
Arabic Extended-B
Arabic Extended-B is a Unicode block that adds additional Arabic script characters needed for specialized orthographies, historic usage, and scholarly notation beyond the basic Arabic range.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DIN 31635 Umschrift des arabischen Alphabets Target entity description: DIN 31635 Umschrift des arabischen Alphabets is a German standard for the scholarly transliteration of the Arabic script into the Latin alphabet.
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A.
Arabic alphabet
The Arabic alphabet is a cursive, right-to-left abjad script used across the Arab world and adapted for many other languages, including Persian, Urdu, and Pashto.
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B.
DIN Next Arabic
DIN Next Arabic is a contemporary Arabic typeface family designed by Nadine Chahine as a companion to the DIN Next Latin typeface, known for its clean, modern, and highly legible design.
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C.
Arabic Extended-A
Arabic Extended-A is a Unicode block that provides additional Arabic script characters used for writing languages such as Uyghur and other non-Arabic languages.
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D.
Diwani script
Diwani script is an ornate Ottoman-era style of Arabic calligraphy characterized by its intricate, flowing lines and dense, decorative composition often used in royal decrees and official documents.
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E.
Arabic Extended-B
Arabic Extended-B is a Unicode block that adds additional Arabic script characters needed for specialized orthographies, historic usage, and scholarly notation beyond the basic Arabic range.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic–Latin transliteration system
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German industrial standard ⓘ transliteration standard ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Classical Arabic
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Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ |
| basedOn | scientific transliteration traditions of Semitic studies ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
ALA-LC Romanization for Arabic
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DMG-Umschrift ⓘ UNGEGN Arabic romanization system ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| designGoal |
diacritic-based representation
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reversibility to Arabic script ⓘ unambiguous letter-by-letter transliteration ⓘ |
| feature |
distinguishes long and short vowels
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does not aim at phonetic transcription ⓘ represents hamza explicitly ⓘ represents ʿayn with a special sign ⓘ |
| fieldOfUse |
Arabic studies
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Islamic studies ⓘ Semitic linguistics ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mapsLetter |
Arabic letter bāʾ
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Arabic letter dāl ⓘ Arabic letter fāʾ ⓘ Arabic letter hāʾ ⓘ Arabic letter kāf ⓘ Arabic letter lām ⓘ Arabic letter mīm ⓘ Arabic letter nūn ⓘ Arabic letter qāf ⓘ Arabic letter rāʾ ⓘ Arabic letter sīn ⓘ Arabic letter tāʾ ⓘ Arabic letter wāw ⓘ Arabic letter yāʾ ⓘ Arabic letter zāy ⓘ Arabic letter ġayn ⓘ Arabic letter šīn ⓘ Arabic letter ǧīm ⓘ Arabic letter ʾalif ⓘ Arabic letter ʿayn ⓘ Arabic letter ḍād ⓘ Arabic letter ḏāl ⓘ Arabic letter ḥāʾ ⓘ Arabic letter ḫāʾ ⓘ Arabic letter ṣād ⓘ Arabic letter ṭāʾ ⓘ Arabic letter ṯāʾ ⓘ Arabic letter ẓāʾ ⓘ |
| publisher |
Deutsches Institut für Normung
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linked to:
DIN German Institute for Standardization
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| scriptTranscribedFrom | Arabic script ⓘ |
| scriptTranscribedTo | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| shortName | DIN 31635 ⓘ |
| use |
academic publications
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library cataloguing ⓘ linguistic studies ⓘ scholarly transliteration ⓘ |
| usesDiacritics |
caron
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dot below ⓘ macron ⓘ |
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Subject: DIN 31635 Umschrift des arabischen Alphabets Description of subject: DIN 31635 Umschrift des arabischen Alphabets is a German standard for the scholarly transliteration of the Arabic script into the Latin alphabet.
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