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What is Transliteration?
Transliteration converts text from one writing system to another while preserving the original pronunciation — unlike translation, which converts the meaning. For example, the Hindi word "नमस्ते" becomes "Namaste" in Latin script, keeping the sound identical.
Supported Scripts
South Asian
Devanagari (Hindi, Sanskrit, Marathi), Bengali, Gujarati, Gurmukhi (Punjabi), Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Odia, Sinhala
East Asian
Chinese (Pinyin), Japanese (Romaji, Hiragana, Katakana), Korean (Revised Romanization)
Middle Eastern
Arabic, Hebrew, Persian (Farsi)
European & Other
Cyrillic (Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Bulgarian), Greek, Georgian, Armenian, Tibetan, Ethiopic
Common Uses
- Romanizing names for passports, forms, and official documents
- Learning pronunciation of foreign scripts
- Typing in your language using a Latin keyboard
- Converting song lyrics between scripts
- SEO — creating URL slugs from non-Latin text