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Proposal for Revision of the Urdu, Pushto, and Sindhi (in Arabic script) Romanization Tables
News from LC.
The Policy and Standards Division of the Library of Congress has received a revision proposal for the Urdu (in Arabic Script), Pushto, and Sindhi (in Arabic script) ALA-LC romanization tables. The proposal recommends a change in the romanization of the letters Svad, Zvad, Toe, and Zoe, as well as several minor corrections to the Urdu table.
The revision proposal http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman_urdu_proposal.pdf[PDF, 251 KB] highlights all additions and changes. A separate document < http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman_urdu_proposal_explanation.doc[DOC, 33 KB] enumerates changes in the revision proposal.
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