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Hans wehr transliteration system is used in the Hans Wehr dictionary. There was a change in the transliteration system between two editions of the dictionary. The transliteration system uses no digraphs. It uses two types of diacrits. It uses a dot underneath for some letters. It also uses a line underneath for other letters. For long vowels a macron is used (a line on top of the letter). The font used to display this is in the italic style. No capital letters are used (they were in previous editions).

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• . dot underneath the letter
• _ line underneath the letter
• - line on top of the letter

The transliteration of the constanants in the standard order of the Arabic alphabet.
ā OR ’
b
t
t_
j
h.
k_
d
d_
r
z
s
š
s.
d.
t.
z.
‘
g-
f
q
k
l
m
n
h
w
y

hamza/glottal stop: ’
No special letter for the tied taa (تاء مربوطة )(ة). Either the letter "t" or the letter "h" depending on context. When a word with a tied taa is written alone a normal letter "h" is used to transcribe it.
depending on pronounciation.
Native arabic long vowels: ā ī ū
Long vowels in borrowed words: ē ō
dipthongs: ai, au Other constants:v p ž g