Morse code for non-Latin alphabets

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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
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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
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.

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א Template:Morse Template:Grey ל Template:Morse Template:Grey
ב Template:Morse Template:Grey מ Template:Morse Template:Grey
ג Template:Morse Template:Grey נ Template:Morse Template:Grey
ד Template:Morse Template:Grey ס Template:Morse Template:Grey
ה Template:Morse Template:Grey ע Template:Morse Template:Grey
ו Template:Morse Template:Grey פ Template:Morse Template:Grey
ז Template:Morse Template:Grey צ Template:Morse Template:Grey
ח Template:Morse Template:Grey ק Template:Morse Template:Grey
ט Template:Morse Template:Grey ר Template:Morse Template:Grey
י Template:Morse Template:Grey ש Template:Morse Template:Grey
כ Template:Morse Template:Grey ת Template:Morse Template:Grey

Arabic

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ا Template:Morse Template:Grey ذ Template:Morse Template:Grey ط Template:Morse Template:Grey ل Template:Morse Template:Grey
ب Template:Morse Template:Grey ر Template:Morse Template:Grey ظ Template:Morse Template:Grey م Template:Morse Template:Grey
ت Template:Morse Template:Grey ز Template:Morse Template:Grey ع Template:Morse Template:Grey ن Template:Morse Template:Grey
ث Template:Morse Template:Grey س Template:Morse Template:Grey غ Template:Morse Template:Grey ه Template:Morse Template:Grey
ج Template:Morse Template:Grey ش Template:Morse Template:Grey ف Template:Morse Template:Grey و Template:Morse Template:Grey
ح Template:Morse Template:Grey ص Template:Morse Template:Grey ق Template:Morse Template:Grey ي Template:Morse Template:Grey
خ Template:Morse Template:Grey ض Template:Morse Template:Grey ك Template:Morse Template:Grey Template:Morse Template:Grey
د Template:Morse Template:Grey      

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 Template:Morse ن N Template:Morse ش Ş Template:Morse غ 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

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Persian

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ا Template:Morse Template:Grey خ Template:Morse Template:Grey ص Template:Morse Template:Grey ک Template:Morse Template:Grey
ب Template:Morse Template:Grey د Template:Morse Template:Grey ض Template:Morse Template:Grey گ Template:Morse Template:Grey
پ Template:Morse Template:Grey ذ Template:Morse Template:Grey ط Template:Morse Template:Grey ل Template:Morse Template:Grey
ت Template:Morse Template:Grey ر Template:Morse Template:Grey ظ Template:Morse Template:Grey م Template:Morse Template:Grey
ث Template:Morse Template:Grey ز Template:Morse Template:Grey ع Template:Morse Template:Grey ن Template:Morse Template:Grey
ج Template:Morse Template:Grey ژ Template:Morse Template:Grey غ Template:Morse Template:Grey و Template:Morse Template:Grey
چ Template:Morse Template:Grey س Template:Morse Template:Grey ف Template:Morse Template:Grey ه Template:Morse Template:Grey
ح Template:Morse Template:Grey ش Template:Morse Template:Grey ق Template:Morse Template:Grey ی Template:Morse Template:Grey

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 TA EA IA
ि D TD ED ID
U TU EU IU
F TF EF IF
O TO EO IO
K क् TK EK ख् IK
G ग् TG EG घ् IG
C च् TC EC छ् IC
J ज् TJ EJ झ् IJ
Ä ट् ठ्
Ü ड् ढ्
W त् TW EW थ् IW
Z द् TZ EZ ध् IZ
N न् TN EN IN
P प् TP EP फ् IP
B ब् TB EB भ् IB
M म् TM EM ण् IM
Y य् TY EY ळ् IY
R र् TR ER क्र IR
L ल् TL EL ञ् IL
V व् TV EV ङ् IV
S स् TS ES श् IS
H ह् TH EH ष् IH
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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

See Chinese telegraph code.

Korean

Equivalent to SKATS, Standard Korean Alphabet Transliteration System[7]

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Japanese

See Wabun code.

Thai

See Script error: No such module "Lang". on the Thai Wikipedia

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