######################################################################## # BGN/PCGN 1981 System # # The BGN/PCGN system for Hebrew was designed for use in romanizing # names written in the Hebrew alphabet. The Roman letters and letter # combinations shown as equivalents to the Hebrew characters reflect # the eastern variety of Hebrew, i.e., the language spoken in # the Republic of Armenia. # # The Hebrew Alphabet as defined by the BGN (Page 33-35): # # אבגדהוזחטיכךלמםנןסעפףצץקרששת # # Originally prepared by Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com> ######################################################################## # # MINIMAL FILTER: Hebrew-Latin # :: [ ְֱֲֳִֵֶַָֹֻּׁׂאבגדהוזחטיךכלםמןנסעףפץצקרשת׳] ; :: NFD (NFC) ; # ######################################################################## ######################################################################## # # Define All Transformation Variables # ######################################################################## # $alef = ’; $ayin = ‘; # # Use this $wordBoundary until bug 2034 is fixed in ICU: # http://bugs.icu-project.org/cgi-bin/icu-bugs/transliterate?id=2034;expression=boundary;user=guest # $wordBoundary = [^[:L:][:M:][:N:]] ; # ######################################################################## ######################################################################## # # Rules moved to front to avoid masking # ######################################################################## # בּ → b ; # HEBREW LETTER BET + DAGESH פּ → P ; # HEBREW LETTER PE + DAGESH גּ → g ; # HEBREW LETTER GIMEL + DAGESH ג׳ → ǧ ; # HEBREW LETTER GIMEL + GERESH וּ → u ; # HEBREW LETTER VAV + POINT DAGESH וֹ → o ; # HEBREW LETTER VAV + POINT HOLAM צ׳ → č ; # HEBREW LETTER TSADI + GERESH ז׳ → ž ; # HEBREW LETTER ZAYIN + GERESH דּ → d ; # HEBREW LETTER DALET + DAGESH הּ → h ; # HEBREW LETTER HE + DAGESH ךּ → k ; # HEBREW LETTER FINAL KAF + DAGESH כּ → k ; # HEBREW LETTER KAF + DAGESH ךְ → kh ; # HEBREW LETTER FINAL KAF + SHEVA תּ → t ; # HEBREW LETTER TAV + DAGESH # ######################################################################## ######################################################################## # # Start of Alphabetic Transformations # ######################################################################## # א → $alef ; # HEBREW LETTER ALEF ב → v ; # HEBREW LETTER BET ג → g ; # HEBREW LETTER GIMEL ד → d ; # HEBREW LETTER DALET ה → h ; # HEBREW LETTER HE ח → ẖ ; # HEBREW LETTER HET ו → w ; # HEBREW LETTER VAV ז → z ; # HEBREW LETTER ZAYIN [טת] → t ; # HEBREW LETTER TET י → y ; # HEBREW LETTER YOD [כך] → kh ; # HEBREW LETTER KAF and FINAL KAF ל → l ; # HEBREW LETTER LAMED [מם] → m ; # HEBREW LETTER MEM and FINAL MEM [נן] → n ; # HEBREW LETTER NUN and FINAL NUN ס → s ; # HEBREW LETTER SAMEKH ע → $ayin ; # HEBREW LETTER AYIN [פף] → f ; # HEBREW LETTER PE and FINAL PE [צץ] → ẕ ; # HEBREW LETTER TSADI and FINAL TSADI ק → q ; # HEBREW LETTER QOF ר → r ; # HEBREW LETTER RESH שׁ → sh ; # HEBREW LETTER SHIN שׂ → s ; # HEBREW LETTER SHIN ַ → a ; # HEBREW POINT PATAH ֲ → a ; # HEBREW POINT HATAF PATAH ָ → o ; # HEBREW POINT QAMATS ֶ → e ; # HEBREW POINT SEGOL ֱ → e ; # HEBREW POINT HATAF SEGOL ֵי → e ; # HEBREW POINT TSERE + LETTER YOD ֵ → e ; # HEBREW POINT TSERE ְ → e ; # HEBREW POINT SHEVA ִי → i ; # HEBREW POINT HIRIQ + LETTER YOD ִ → i ; # HEBREW POINT HIRIQ ֳ → o ; # HEBREW LETTER HATAF QAMATS ֹ → o ; # HEBREW POINT HOLAM ֻ → u ; # HEBREW POINT QUBUTS # ########################################################################