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 RULES OF APPLICATION

1. Use the single prime ( ʹ ) to separate two letters representing two distinct consonantal sounds when the combination might be read as a digraph.

2. Romanize foreign words that occur in a Uighur context and are written in Uighur letters according to these rules for romanizing Uighur.

3. When hamzah is initial it is not represented in romanization. When medial it is romanized ʼ (alif).

4. Follow the rules for the capitalization of English.

NOTE: The following examples from the old Uighur romanization table are romanized differently in the new table.