This work covers the three methods of Romanization: transliteration (Duroiselle's system); transcription (early, conventional, IPA and typewritten types); and the combined method (Minn Latt's system).
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and Francis, an informa company.
1 PRELIMINARY 1.1 Introduction: scope of booklet. 1.2 Abbreviations. 2
THE PROBLEM. 2.1 Sound and symbol: transliteration, transcription and
combined systems 2.2 Burmese and the roman alphabet: ways of filling the gaps
3 SURVEY OF THE THREE METHODS OF ROMANIZATION 3.1Transliteration method.
3.2 Transcription method. 3.3 Combined method 3.4 Summary 4 THE THREE METHODS
IN DETAIL 4.1 Transliteration 4.1.1 Table 1: Duroiselle' s system 4.1.2 Notes
and variants: fi, ai, o2,ui, special vowels, medials, finals, tone marks,
punctuation, abbreviations, spacing, Sanskrit letters. 4.1.3 Summary 4.2
Transcription 4.2.1 Table 2: early, conventional, IPA, and typewritten types
4.2.2 Notes and variants: aspirate plosives, palatal affricates, voiced
consonants, voiced dental fricative, hush sibilant, nasal consonants, glottal
onset, vowels, finals, tones, voicing, spacing. 4.2.3 Summary. 4.3 Combined
method. 4.3.1 Table 3: Minn Latt's system 4.3.2 Notes and variants : velar
and palatal initials, aspirate plosives, voiced plosives, nj/nj, j/y/r etc,
glottal onset, vowels, ut un etc, finals, tones, voicing and spacing. 4.3.3
Summary. 5 CONCLUSION: CHOICE OF SYSTEM. 6 BIBLIOGRAPHY. 7 REFERENCE TABLES.
7.1 Recommended systems. 7.1.1 Transliteration: Table 4: standard
transliteration and variation: sim plified transliteration. 7.1.2
Transcription: Table 5: standard phonetic transcription with standard
conventional transcription and variations: phonetic transcription witn
voicing marked conventional transcription with accented tones conventional
transcription with raised comma tones. 7.2 Major transcriptions in current
use: Table 6: 1957 Sprigg, 1955 Stewart, 1944 Cornyn, 1958 Cornyn, 1969
Okell, 1961 Ballard, 1966 Library of Congress, 1930 Government, 1966 Minn
Latt.
Okell, John
