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href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_naming_conventions" title="Category:Wikipedia naming conventions">naming convention</a>.</b><br><div style="font-size: 90%;">Editors should generally follow it, though <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">exceptions</a> may apply. 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systems)">Writing systems</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(languages)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (languages)">All languages</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(country-specific_topics)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (country-specific topics)">All countries</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(ancient_Romans)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ancient Romans)">Ancient Roman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Armenian)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Armenian)">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(places_in_Bangladesh)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (places in Bangladesh)">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Burmese)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Burmese)">Burmese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Chinese)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions 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class="sidebar-heading"> Formatting</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(capitalization)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization)">Capitalization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(use_English)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English)">Use English</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(definite_or_indefinite_article_at_beginning_of_name)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (definite or indefinite article at beginning of name)">Definite or indefinite article at beginning of name</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(plurals)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (plurals)">Plurals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Abbreviations#Acronyms_in_page_titles" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations">Acronyms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(technical_restrictions)" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions)">Technical restrictions</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>These conventions are used to write and edit <a href="/wiki/Indo-Aryan_languages" title="Indo-Aryan languages">Indic</a>-related articles, as well as to provide consistent naming of people, places, and historical terms of the Indian subcontinent, including Sri Lanka and other islands in the region. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Policy"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Policy</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Scope"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Scope</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Languages_of_origin"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Languages of origin</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Subject_matter_covered"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Subject matter covered</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Modern_names_and_terms"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Modern names and terms</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Titles_and_honorifics"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Titles and honorifics</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Naming_and_transliteration"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Naming and transliteration</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Primary_transliteration"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Primary transliteration</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Simplified_transliteration"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Simplified transliteration</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Formal_transliteration"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Formal transliteration</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Formatting"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Formatting</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Preferred_format_for_introducing_the_article_subject"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Preferred format for introducing the article subject</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Without_audio"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Without audio</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Other_versions"><span class="tocnumber">5.3</span> <span class="toctext">Other versions</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Policy" data-mw-thread-id="h-Policy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Policy"></span>Policy<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Policy"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Indic)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Policy" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>In naming <a href="/wiki/Indo-Aryan_languages" title="Indo-Aryan languages">Indic</a>-related topics and article titles in the English language Wikipedia, please follow these conventions. The term <b>Indic</b> is used here to refer to names and words that originated in one of the languages of the Indian subcontinent, and that are written in <a href="/wiki/Br%C4%81hm%C4%AB_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Brāhmī script">Brahmi</a> derived scripts. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Scope" data-mw-thread-id="h-Scope"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Scope"></span>Scope<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Scope"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Indic)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Scope" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <p>This applies to any articles related to <a href="/wiki/Indo-Aryan_languages" title="Indo-Aryan languages">Indic</a> subjects, or words derived from languages written in an <a href="/wiki/Indic_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Indic script">Indic script</a>. It also applies to most of the religious works of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_religions" title="Indian religions">Indian religions</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages_of_origin" data-mw-thread-id="h-Languages_of_origin-Scope"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Languages_of_origin-Scope"></span>Languages of origin<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Languages_of_origin-Scope"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Indic)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Languages of origin" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>This convention should be applied to any language spoken in the Indian subcontinent that is written in an Indic script. The major languages are: <a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujarati_language" title="Gujarati language">Gujarati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Konkani_language" title="Konkani language">Konkani</a> (when written in Kannada or <a href="/wiki/Devanagari_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Devanagari script">Devanagari scripts</a>), <a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oriya_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriya language">Oriya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pali" title="Pali">Pali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a> (when written in <a href="/wiki/Gurmukhi_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Gurmukhi script">Gurmukhi script</a>), <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalese language">Sinhala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tulu_language" title="Tulu language">Tulu</a> (written in <a href="/wiki/Kannada_script" title="Kannada script">Kannada script</a>). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kashmiri_language" title="Kashmiri language">Kashmiri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a> (western), and <a href="/wiki/Sindhi_language" title="Sindhi language">Sindhi</a> are languages that are Indic in origin, but are generally written in non-Indic scripts—usually one derived from the <a href="/wiki/Perso-Arabic_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Perso-Arabic script">Perso-Arabic script</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Arabic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Arabic)">Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Arabic)</a>. This convention will normally apply to them only when transliterating writings in an Indic script. </p><p>Several languages may be written in Indic scripts, but are not themselves Indic languages. Some aspects of this convention may apply to them, but they may have their own conventions. They include <a href="/wiki/Burmese_language" title="Burmese language">Burmese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Javanese_language" title="Javanese language">Javanese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khmer_language" title="Khmer language">Khmer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lao_language" title="Lao language">Lao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thai_language" title="Thai language">Thai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Standard_Tibetan" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Tibetan">Tibetan</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subject_matter_covered" data-mw-thread-id="h-Subject_matter_covered-Scope"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Subject_matter_covered-Scope"></span>Subject matter covered<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Subject_matter_covered-Scope"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Indic)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Subject matter covered" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>This standard is recommended for use in articles in the following fields; </p> <ul><li>Religions originating in South Asia, including <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a>. Articles on <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> may follow this convention, or that of other languages, depending on the language of origin.</li> <li>Mythology of South Asia.</li> <li>Historical articles and historical place names of South Asia, including especially history prior to <a href="/wiki/1800" title="1800">1800</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_names_and_terms" data-mw-thread-id="h-Modern_names_and_terms-Scope"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Modern_names_and_terms-Scope"></span>Modern names and terms<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Modern_names_and_terms-Scope"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Indic)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Modern names and terms" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Personal, organisation, and company names in current and recent usage should generally be romanized according to the nameholder's preference, if that can be established. However, this convention may be appropriately applied to them in certain contexts. These include; </p> <ul><li>when it is necessary to accurately or unambiguously transliterate from original text, or to indicate original pronunciation,</li> <li>when it is necessary to maintain consistency in the article</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Titles_and_honorifics" data-mw-thread-id="h-Titles_and_honorifics"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Titles_and_honorifics"></span>Titles and honorifics<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Titles_and_honorifics"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Indic)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Titles and honorifics" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>In keeping with the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutral</a> nature of Wikipedia and wider policies, honorifics should generally not be included with names, unless they are part of an external quotation. </p><p>It is common in devotional texts to precede the name of deities (gods), and sometimes revered individuals with the English term 'lord', the Sanskrit 'sri' or other appellations. These should be omitted in Wikipedia articles and the simple name should be used; e.g. '<a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>', not 'Sri Krishna', 'Lord Krishna' or other forms. Sometimes postfixes are found, most commonly the appending of the term 'ji'. This should also be omitted. </p><p>Styles such as 'His Excellency', 'The Honourable', and 'Hon'ble' should be omitted. Names of offices such as 'MP' or 'Chief Justice' should not be used either as a suffix or a prefix. </p><p>Exceptions may be made in cases where the subject is not known except with titles or other honorifics (i.e. when the honorific becomes part of the name), or where they become the best means of disambiguation. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Biographies#Honorific_prefixes" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biographies">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biographies</a>. </p><p>Below is a list of commonly used honorifics which should be questioned; </p> <ul><li>Lord (English)</li> <li>Sri or Shri</li> <li>Swami</li> <li>Sankaracharya</li> <li>Raja, Rani (Maharaja, Maharani)</li> <li>Guru, Jagadguru, Gurudev</li> <li>Deva, Devi (where used as a suffix for deities)</li> <li>Acharya</li> <li>Bhagwan</li> <li>Ji (suffix)</li> <li>Saheb</li> <li>Pujya</li> <li>Sadhvi</li> <li>His Excellency</li> <li>Her Excellency</li> <li>The Honourable</li> <li>Hon'ble</li> <li>Bharat Ratna, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan and Padma Sri</li> <li>Babu</li> <li>The Great(suffix)</li></ul> <p><br> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirect" title="Wikipedia:Redirect">Redirects</a> should be used for other forms of an individual's name. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Naming_and_transliteration" data-mw-thread-id="h-Naming_and_transliteration"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Naming_and_transliteration"></span>Naming and transliteration<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Naming_and_transliteration"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Indic)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Naming and transliteration" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Indic_transliteration" title="Wikipedia:Indic transliteration">Wikipedia:Indic transliteration</a></div> <p>Each Indic article should be named according to its <a href="#Primary_transliteration">primary transliteration</a>, if this can be clearly established. If a primary transliteration cannot be clearly established, then the article should be labelled with a <a href="#Simplified_transliteration">simplified transliteration</a>. </p><p>Informal transliterations should not be used for article titles, unless they can be justified as being the <a href="#Primary_transliteration">primary transliteration</a> used in English. If a transliteration's status as primary cannot be justified or verified, then it should be corrected and replaced by a simplified transliteration. A redirect should then be left in its place. Redirects should also be created for the more common alternative spelling forms. </p><p>Where alternative spellings or informal transliterations are in widespread use, a limited number of the most common ones should be listed at the top of the main article. </p><p>If the <a href="#Formal_transliteration">formal transliteration</a> differs from the article title, it should be included once in the introductory section of the article for reference. The name in the original script may also be included, for further reference. See below for advice on formatting these. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_transliteration" data-mw-thread-id="h-Primary_transliteration-Naming_and_transliteration"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Primary_transliteration-Naming_and_transliteration"></span>Primary transliteration<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Primary_transliteration-Naming_and_transliteration"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Indic)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Primary transliteration" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>A word has a primary transliteration if at least 75% of all references in wider English usage have the same transliteration. Primary transliterations may sometimes be less accurate than other transliterations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Simplified_transliteration" data-mw-thread-id="h-Simplified_transliteration-Naming_and_transliteration"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Simplified_transliteration-Naming_and_transliteration"></span>Simplified transliteration<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Simplified_transliteration-Naming_and_transliteration"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Indic)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Simplified transliteration" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>A simplified transliteration scheme is used to produce an easy-to-read version of the formal transliteration. The simplified transliteration converts the formal transliteration into a Latin form that complies with Latin phonemic rules. This means that Indic transliteration symbols that are not part of the standard Latin alphabet are merged with the closest Latin equivalent. The simplified transliteration is also included with the formal transliteration at the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Indic_transliteration_scheme" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Indic transliteration scheme">transliteration table</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formal_transliteration" data-mw-thread-id="h-Formal_transliteration-Naming_and_transliteration"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Formal_transliteration-Naming_and_transliteration"></span>Formal transliteration<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Formal_transliteration-Naming_and_transliteration"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Indic)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Formal transliteration" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>A formal transliteration preserves all phonetic information in the original script, and should be used where unambiguous transliteration is needed. The preferred formal transliteration is the standardised <a href="/wiki/ISO_15919" title="ISO 15919">ISO 15919</a> transliteration scheme for Indic scripts. This system uses the Latin alphabet (the Roman script) with additional diacritic symbols to represent Indic scripts accurately. For Sanskrit and Pali, <a href="/wiki/IAST" class="mw-redirect" title="IAST">IAST</a> is preferred, which differs from ISO 15919 only in a very few points. </p><p>See this <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Indic_transliteration" title="Wikipedia:Indic transliteration">concise table</a> for aid in transliteration. </p><p>The formal transliteration can be used for all Wikis written in Latin-based scripts. The simplified transliteration however may be suitable only for the English Wikipedia. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Formatting" data-mw-thread-id="h-Formatting"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Formatting"></span>Formatting<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Formatting"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Indic)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Formatting" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <p>Use the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Lang" title="Template:Lang">lang</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> tag to mark non-English strings. When giving a term in its native script, provide the <a href="/wiki/ISO_639-2" title="ISO 639-2">ISO 639-2</a> code (if unavailable, <a href="/wiki/ISO_639-3" title="ISO 639-3">ISO 639-3</a>) to identify the language. Example: </p> <dl><dd>{{lang|ta|தமிழ்}}, {{lang|hi|हिन्दी}}</dd> <dd><span title="Tamil-language text"><span lang="ta">தமிழ்</span></span>, <span title="Hindi-language text"><span lang="hi">हिन्दी</span></span></dd></dl> <p>Giving a term in <a href="/wiki/ISO_15919" title="ISO 15919">ISO 15919</a> transliteration, simply add "-Latn" (the <a href="/wiki/ISO_15924" title="ISO 15924">ISO 15924</a> code for the Latin alphabet) to the language code: </p> <dl><dd>''{{lang|ta-Latn|tamiḻ}}, {{lang|hi-Latn|hindī}}''</dd> <dd><i><span title="Tamil-language text"><i lang="ta-Latn">tamiḻ</i></span>, <span title="Hindi-language text"><i lang="hi-Latn">hindī</i></span></i></dd></dl> <p>Use <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:IAST" title="Template:IAST">IAST</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> only for Sanskrit terms: </p> <dl><dd>{{lang|sa|संस्कृतम्}} ''{{IAST|saṃskṛtam}}''</dd> <dd><span title="Sanskrit-language text"><span lang="sa">संस्कृतम्</span></span> <i><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">saṃskṛtam</i></span></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Preferred_format_for_introducing_the_article_subject" data-mw-thread-id="h-Preferred_format_for_introducing_the_article_subject-Formatting"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Preferred_format_for_introducing_the_article_subject-Formatting"></span>Preferred format for introducing the article subject<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Preferred_format_for_introducing_the_article_subject-Formatting"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Indic)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Preferred format for introducing the article subject" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Ideally, when introducing an article that is covered by this policy, IPA transcriptions (with audio file if possible) and transliterations of the Indic script should be included. </p><p>A special <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Indic" title="Template:Indic">indic</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template has been made to take care of formatting issues. Use this format when you have the original script text, transliteration, IPA and audio pronunciation file: </p> <dl><dd><code>'''Simplified Transliteration''' ({{indic | lang=Language code | defaultipa={{IPAc-en|...}} (English IPA) | indic=Indic Text | trans=ISO Transliteration | indicipa=Indic IPA text | indicaudio=Audio file.ogg }}) ...</code></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Example</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <dl><dd><code>'''Sikhism''' ({{indic|lang=pa|defaultipa={{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|iː|k|ɪ|z|əm|audio=Seekism.ogg}}|indic=ਸਿੱਖੀ|trans=sikkhī|indicipa=ˈsɪk.kʰiː| indicaudio=Sikkhi.ogg}}) is a...</code></dd> <dd><b>Sikhism</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span><span title="/əm/: 'm' in 'rhythm'">əm</span></span>/</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui='{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/3\/30\/Seekism.ogg\/Seekism.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Seekism.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}'><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/30/Seekism.ogg/Seekism.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Seekism.ogg" title="File:Seekism.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a>: <span title="Punjabi-language text"><span lang="pa">ਸਿੱਖੀ</span></span>, <span title="Punjabi-language romanization"><i lang="pa-Latn">sikkhī</i></span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="pa-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Punjabi" title="Help:IPA/Punjabi">[ˈsɪk.kʰiː]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-2" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui='{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/8\/84\/Sikkhi.ogg\/Sikkhi.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Sikkhi.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}'><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/84/Sikkhi.ogg/Sikkhi.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Sikkhi.ogg" title="File:Sikkhi.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>) is a...</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Without_audio" data-mw-thread-id="h-Without_audio-Formatting"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Without_audio-Formatting"></span>Without audio<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Without_audio-Formatting"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Indic)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Without audio" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Use this when you have the original script text, transliteration and IPA but do not have the audio pronunciation. This is likely to be the most used format. </p> <dl><dd><code>'''Simplified Transliteration''' ({{indic | lang=Language code | defaultipa={{IPAc-en|...}} (English IPA) | indic=Indic Text | trans=ISO Transliteration | indicipa=Indic IPA text }}) ...</code></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Example</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <dl><dd><code>'''Mumbai''' ({{indic|lang=mr|defaultipa={{IPAc-en|m|ʊ|m|ˈ|b|aɪ}}|indic=मुंबई|trans=mumbaī}}) is a...</code></dd> <dd><b>Mumbai</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ʊ/: 'u' in 'push'">ʊ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a>: <span title="Marathi-language text"><span lang="mr">मुंबई</span></span>, <span title="Marathi-language romanization"><i lang="mr-Latn">mumbaī</i></span>) is a...</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_versions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_versions-Formatting"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_versions-Formatting"></span>Other versions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_versions-Formatting"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(Indic)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Other versions" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>If both the English and Indic pronunciation are the same (likely if the Indic word isn't used in English) then ignore the <code>indicipa</code> parameter. 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