[INDOLOGY] Anusvara in IAST transliteration

[Dominik Wujastyk]

Oh, very interesting.  Good to know you're on it.
Best,
Dominik

On Tue, 3 Mar 2026 at 15:56, Jan Kučera <jan.kucera at ujca.cz> wrote:

> ISO 15919 had a 7-bit transliteration scheme. I removed it in the upcoming
> edition.
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> Thanks,
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> Jan Kučera
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> *ल* Institute of South and Central Asia Students, Prague
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> *From:* INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> *On Behalf Of *Dominik
> Wujastyk via INDOLOGY
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 3, 2026 8:53 PM
> *To:* indology at list.indology.info
> *Subject:* Re: [INDOLOGY] Anusvara in IAST transliteration
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> PS, on the ISO 15919 wikipedia page
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_15919>, I notice a column labelled
> "7-bit ISO".  I have no idea where that comes from.  It bears no relation
> to what anyone actually does (HK, SLP, etc.)  Perhaps it's in the standard
> somewhere, but the ISO standard is paywalled and I don't care enough to
> cough up the 159 swiss francs.
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> It's a long-standing scandal that ISO standards, which are ultimately paid
> for from our taxes, are not public.
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> Best,
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> Dominik
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