transliteration
linguistics
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Transliteration is the process of representing letters or words from one alphabet using the characters of another alphabet. It is a way to spell or write something using the characters of a different writing system. For example, transliteration can be used to represent Russian words using the Latin alphabet. The term "transliteration" refers to the act, process, or instance of transliterating, as well as the resulting text.12
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