Morse code for non-Latin alphabets
This is a summary of the use of Morse code to represent alphabets other than Latin.
Greek
The Greek Morse code alphabet is very "similar" to the Latin alphabet. The "similarity" is based first on optical resemblance of each letter, a.k.a. glyph, and then secondly on sound. Example: A both in Greek and English is the same glyph and sound (like a in word apple). The Greek B though, is identical to the English B as far as the glyph is concerned, even though the sound of Greek B is the same as the sound of English V (like the v in word victory). The B prevails to V. The Greek Morse code alphabet uses one extra letter for Greek letter ΧScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and no longer uses the codes for Latin letters "J", "U" and "V".
| Greek | Code |
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| ΑScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | ΙScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | ΡScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | |||||
| ΒScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | ΚScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | ΣScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | |||||
| ΓScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | ΛScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | ΤScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | |||||
| ΔScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | ΜScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | ΥScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | |||||
| ΕScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | ΝScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | ΦScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | |||||
| ΖScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | ΞScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | ΧScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | |||||
| ΗScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | ΟScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | ΨScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | |||||
| ΘScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | ΠScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | ΩScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | |||||
| Diphthongs (obsolete) | ||||||||||
| HYScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | YIScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | OYScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | |||||
| OIScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | EIScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | AIScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | |||||
| AYScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | EYScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Grey | |||||||
The tonos is not transmitted in Morse code; the receiver can simply infer which vowels require one. The Greek diphthongs presented in the bottom three rows of the table are specified in old Greek Morse-code tables but they are never used in actual communication, the two vowels being sent separately.
Cyrillic
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Cyrillic letters are represented using the representation of similar-sounding Latin letters (e.g. Л ⇒ LScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".). Cyrillic letters with no such Latin correspondence are assigned to Latin letters with no Cyrillic correspondence (e.g. Щ⇒QScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".). The same correspondence was later used to create Russian national character sets KOI-7 and KOI-8.
| Cyrillic | Code | Template:Grey | Cyrillic | Code | Template:Grey | Cyrillic | Code | Template:Grey | Cyrillic | Code | Template:Grey | |||
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| АScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | ИScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Ukr. ІScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | РScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | ШScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | |||
| БScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | ЙScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | СScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | ЩScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | |||
| ВScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | КScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | ТScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | ЬScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Bul. ЪScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | |||
| ГScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | ЛScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | УScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | ЫScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Bul. ЬScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | |||
| ДScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | МScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | ФScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | ЭScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Ukr. ЄScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | |||
| ЕScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | НScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | ХScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | ЮScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | |||
| ЖScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | ОScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | ЦScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | ЯScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | |||
| ЗScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | ПScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | ЧScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey | ЇScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Morse | Template:Grey |
The order and encoding shown uses the Russian national standard. The Bulgarian standard is the same except for the two letters (ЬScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., ЪScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) given in parentheses: The Bulgarian language does not use ЫScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., while ЪScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". is frequent, but missing in Russian standard Morse.
The letter ЁScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Yo) does not have an international Morse phonetic equivalent, with international ЕScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". used instead. Ukrainian Morse uses ЄScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". instead of ЭScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., ІScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". instead of ИScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., but also has ИScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". encoded as ЫScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., and has additional ЇScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Yi).
Hebrew
Hebrew letters are mostly represented using the Morse representation of a similar-sounding Latin letter (e.g. "Bet" ב≡B); however the representation for several letters are from a Latin letter with a similar shape (e.g. "Tet" ט ≡U, while "Tav" ת≡T). Though Hebrew Morse code is transcribed from right to left, the table below is transcribed from left to right as per the Latin letters in the table.
Arabic
Kurdish
| Letter | In Latin | Code | Letter | In Latin | Code | Letter | In Latin | Code | Letter | In Latin | Code | Letter | In Latin | Code | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ا | A | Template:Morse | گ | G | Template:Morse | ڵ | Ł | Template:Morse | ڕ | Ř | Template:Morse | و | W | Template:Morse | ||||
| ب | B | Template:Morse | ھ | H | Template:Morse | م | M | Template:Morse | س | S | Template:Morse | خ | X | Template:Morse | ||||
| ج | C | Template:Morse | ح | Ḧ | Template:Morse | ن | N | Template:Morse | ش | Ş | Template:Morse | غ | Ẍ | Template:Morse | ||||
| چ | Ç | Template:Morse | - | I | Template:Morse | نٚ | Ň | Template:Morse | ت | T | Template:Morse | ی | Y | Template:Morse | ||||
| ڎ | Đ | Template:Morse | ی | Î | Template:Morse | ۆ | O | Template:Morse | و | U | Template:Morse | ز | Z | Template:Morse | ||||
| ە | E | Template:Morse | ژ | J | Template:Morse | پ | P | Template:Morse | وو | Û | Template:Morse | ع | ' | Template:Morse | ||||
| ێ | Ê | Template:Morse | ک | K | Template:Morse | ق | Q | Template:Morse | ۊ | Ü | Template:Morse | د | D | Template:Morse | ||||
| ف | F | Template:Morse | ل | L | Template:Morse | ر | R | Template:Morse | ڤ | V | Template:Morse |
See [1]
Persian
See also fa:کد مورس
Devanagari
Devanagari is a left-to-right abugida (alphasyllabary) widely used in the Indian subcontinent. The following telegraph code table is adapted from one given by Ashok Kelkar,[2] where the Latin letters are encoded as per the International Morse code standard. Some variations on this code exist,[3] and there have been some attempts to introduce other telegraph codes either to improve efficiency or to apply to more Indian languages.[2][4][5] Proposals for a telegraph code suitable for multiple Indian languages have been made as early as 1948, shortly after independence.[6]
| Devanagari | Latin Morse | Devanagari | Latin Morse | Devanagari | Latin Morse | Devanagari | Latin Morse | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ा | A | अ | TA | ः | EA | आ | IA | |||
| ि | D | इ | TD | ी | ED | ई | ID | |||
| ु | U | उ | TU | ू | EU | ऊ | IU | |||
| े | F | ए | TF | े | EF | ऐ | IF | |||
| ो | O | ओ | TO | ो | EO | औ | IO | |||
| क | K | क् | TK | ख | EK | ख् | IK | |||
| ग | G | ग् | TG | घ | EG | घ् | IG | |||
| च | C | च् | TC | छ | EC | छ् | IC | |||
| ज | J | ज् | TJ | झ | EJ | झ् | IJ | |||
| ट | Ä | ट् | TÄ | ठ | EÄ | ठ् | IÄ | |||
| ड | Ü | ड् | TÜ | ढ | EÜ | ढ् | IÜ | |||
| त | W | त् | TW | थ | EW | थ् | IW | |||
| द | Z | द् | TZ | ध | EZ | ध् | IZ | |||
| न | N | न् | TN | ं | EN | ँ | IN | |||
| प | P | प् | TP | फ | EP | फ् | IP | |||
| ब | B | ब् | TB | भ | EB | भ् | IB | |||
| म | M | म् | TM | ण | EM | ण् | IM | |||
| य | Y | य् | TY | ळ | EY | ळ् | IY | |||
| र | R | र् | TR | ER | क्र | IR | ||||
| ल | L | ल् | TL | ञ | EL | ञ् | IL | |||
| व | V | व् | TV | ङ | EV | ङ् | IV | |||
| स | S | स् | TS | श | ES | श् | IS | |||
| ह | H | ह् | TH | ष | EH | ष् | IH | |||
| ृ | Ö | ़ | TÖ | ॆ | EÖ | IÖ | ||||
| क्ष | Q | क्ष् | TQ | त्र | EQ | त्र् | IQ | |||
| ज्ञ | X | ज्ञ् | TX | श्र | EX | श्र् | IX | |||
| में | MM | है | TMM | मैं | EMM | हूँ | IMM |
Chinese
Korean
Equivalent to SKATS, Standard Korean Alphabet Transliteration System[7]
Japanese
See Wabun code.
Thai
See Script error: No such module "Lang". on the Thai Wikipedia
References
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