---
name: "Lingua::Translit::Tables"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-lingua-translit"
version: "0.29-6"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Lingua::Translit::Tables"
---

# Lingua::Translit::Tables(3pm)

provides transliteration tables

## NAME

Lingua::Translit::Tables - provides transliteration tables

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use Lingua::Translit::Tables qw/:checks/;
  my $truth;
  $truth = translit_supported("ISO 9");
  $truth = translit_reverse_supported("ISO 9");
  use Lingua::Translit::Tables qw/:list/;
  translit_list_supported();
```

## DESCRIPTION

This module is primary used to provide transliteration tables for Lingua::Translit and therefore allows one to separate data and algorithm.

Beyond that, it provides routines to check if a given transliteration is supported and allows one to print a simple list of supported transliterations along with some meta information.

## EXPORTS

No symbols are exported by default.

Use either the routine's name or one of the following *tags* to import symbols to your namespace.

- **all**

  Import all routines.

- **checks**

  Import all routines that allow one to check if a given transliteration is supported: **translit\_supported()** and **translit\_reverse\_supported()**.

- **list**

  Import **translit\_list\_supported()**. (Convenience tag)

## ROUTINES

### translit\_supported(*translit\_name*)

Returns true (1), iff *translit\_name* is supported. False (0) otherwise.

### translit\_reverse\_supported(*translit\_name*)

Returns true (1), iff *translit\_name* is supported and allows reverse transliteration. False (0) otherwise.

### translit\_list\_supported()

Prints a list of all supported transliterations to STDOUT (UTF-8 encoded), providing the following information:

```
  * Name
  * Reversibility
  * Description
```

The same information is provided in this document as well:

## SUPPORTED TRANSLITERATIONS

- Cyrillic

  *ALA-LC RUS*, not reversible, ALA-LC:1997, Cyrillic to Latin, Russian

  *ISO 9*, reversible, ISO 9:1995, Cyrillic to Latin

  *ISO/R 9*, reversible, ISO 9:1954, Cyrillic to Latin

  *DIN 1460 RUS*, reversible, DIN 1460:1982, Cyrillic to Latin, Russian

  *DIN 1460 UKR*, reversible, DIN 1460:1982, Cyrillic to Latin, Ukrainian

  *DIN 1460 BUL*, reversible, DIN 1460:1982, Cyrillic to Latin, Bulgarian

  *Streamlined System BUL*, not reversible, The Streamlined System: 2006, Cyrillic to Latin, Bulgarian

  *GOST 7.79 RUS*, reversible, GOST 7.79:2000 (table B), Cyrillic to Latin, Russian

  *GOST 7.79 RUS OLD*, not reversible, GOST 7.79:2000 (table B), Cyrillic to Latin with support for Old Russian (pre 1918), Russian

  *GOST 7.79 UKR*, reversible, GOST 7.79:2000 (table B), Cyrillic to Latin, Ukrainian

  *BGN/PCGN RUS Standard*, not reversible, BGN/PCGN:1947 (Standard Variant), Cyrillic to Latin, Russian

  *BGN/PCGN RUS Strict*, not reversible, BGN/PCGN:1947 (Strict Variant), Cyrillic to Latin, Russian

- Greek

  *ISO 843*, not reversible, ISO 843:1997, Greek to Latin

  *DIN 31634*, not reversible, DIN 31634:1982, Greek to Latin

  *Greeklish*, not reversible, Greeklish (Phonetic), Greek to Latin

- Latin

  *Common CES*, not reversible, Czech without diacritics

  *Common DEU*, not reversible, German without umlauts

  *Common POL*, not reversible, Unaccented Polish

  *Common RON*, not reversible, Romanian without diacritics as commonly used

  *Common SLK*, not reversible, Slovak without diacritics

  *Common SLV*, not reversible, Slovenian without diacritics

  *ISO 8859-16 RON*, reversible, Romanian with appropriate diacritics

- Arabic

  *Common ARA*, not reversible, Common Romanization of Arabic

- Sanskrit

  *IAST Devanagari*, not reversible, IAST Romanization to Devanāgarī

  *Devanagari IAST*, not reversible, Devanāgarī to IAST Romanization

## ADDING NEW TRANSLITERATIONS

In case you want to add your own transliteration tables to Lingua::Translit, have a look at the developer documentation at \<https://www.netzum-sorglos.de/software/lingua-translit/developer-documentation.html\>.

A template of a transliteration table is provided as well (*xml/template.xml*) so you can easily start developing.

## BUGS

None known.

Please report bugs using CPAN's request tracker at \<https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Lingua-Translit\>.

## SEE ALSO

Lingua::Translit

\<http://www.netzum-sorglos.de/software/lingua-translit/\>

## CREDITS

Thanks to Dr. Daniel Eiwen, Romanisches Seminar, Universitaet Koeln for his help on Romanian transliteration.

Thanks to Dmitry Smal and Rusar Publishing for contributing the "ALA-LC RUS" transliteration table.

Thanks to Ahmed Elsheshtawy for his help implementing the "Common ARA" Arabic transliteration.

Thanks to Dusan Vuckovic for contributing the "ISO/R 9" transliteration table.

Thanks to Ștefan Suciu for contributing the "ISO 8859-16 RON" transliteration table.

Thanks to Philip Kime for contributing the "IAST Devanagari" and "Devanagari IAST" transliteration tables.

Thanks to Nikola Lečić for contributing the "BGN/PCGN RUS Standard" and "BGN/PCGN RUS Strict" transliteration tables.

## AUTHORS

Alex Linke \<alinke@netzum-sorglos.de\>

Rona Linke \<rlinke@netzum-sorglos.de\>

## LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Alex Linke and Rona Linke

Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Lingua-Systems Software GmbH

Copyright (C) 2016-2017 Netzum Sorglos, Lingua-Systems Software GmbH

Copyright (C) 2017-2022 Netzum Sorglos Software GmbH

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.