Morse code for non-Latin alphabets
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. It uses one extra letter for Greek letter Χ and does not use the codes for Latin letters "J", "U" and "V".
Letter | In Latin | Code | Letter | In Latin | Code | Letter | In Latin | Code | ||
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Α | A | ▄ ▄▄▄ | Ι | I | ▄ ▄ | Ρ | R | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | ||
Β | B | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ | Κ | K | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | Σ | S | ▄ ▄ ▄ | ||
Γ | G | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | Λ | L | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ | Τ | T | ▄▄▄ | ||
Δ | D | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ | Μ | M | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | Υ | Y | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | ||
Ε | E | ▄ | Ν | N | ▄▄▄ ▄ | Φ | F | ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | ||
Ζ | Z | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ | Ξ | X | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | Χ | CH | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | ||
Η | H | ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ | Ο | O | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | Ψ | Q | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | ||
Θ | C | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | Π | P | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | Ω | W | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | ||
Diphthongs (obsolete) | ||||||||||
HY | V | ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | YI | J | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | OY | U | ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | ||
OI | 8 | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ | EI | S | ▄ ▄ ▄ | AI | Ä | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | ||
AY | Ü | ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | EY | Ö | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ |
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[]
Cyrillic letters are represented using the representation of similar-sounding Latin letters (e.g. Б≡B, В≡W (German pronunciation), Г≡G, Д≡D, etc.). Cyrillic letters with no such Latin correspondence are assigned to Latin letters with no Cyrillic correspondence (e.g. Щ≡Q). The same correspondence was later used to create Russian national character sets KOI-7 and KOI-8.
Cyrillic | Latin | Code | Cyrillic | Latin | Code | Cyrillic | Latin | Code | Cyrillic | Latin | Code | |||
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А | A | ▄ ▄▄▄ | И (ukr. І) | I | ▄ ▄ | Р | R | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | Ш | CH | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | |||
Б | B | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ | Й | J | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | С | S | ▄ ▄ ▄ | Щ | Q | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | |||
В | W | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | К | K | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | Т | T | ▄▄▄ | Ь (rus. Ъ) | X | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | |||
Г | G | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | Л | L | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ | У | U | ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | Ы (bul. Ь) | Y | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | |||
Д | D | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ | М | M | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | Ф | F | ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | Э (ukr. Є) | É | ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ | |||
Е | E | ▄ | Н | N | ▄▄▄ ▄ | Х | H | ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ | Ю | Ü | ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | |||
Ж | V | ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | О | O | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | Ц | C | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | Я | Ä | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | |||
З | Z | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ | П | P | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | Ч | Ö | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | Ї | - | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ |
This order and representation reflects the Russian national standard. The Bulgarian standard is the same except for the two letters given in parentheses; the Bulgarian language does not use Ы, while Ъ, missing in the Russian standard, is frequent. The letter Ё does not have a Morse equivalent, with Е used instead. Ukrainian language use Є instead of Э, І instead of И, but also have И with code of Ы, and have additional Ї
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.
Letter | In Latin | Code | Letter | In Latin | Code | |
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א | A | ▄ ▄▄▄ | ל | L | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ | |
ב | B | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ | מ | M | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | |
ג | G | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | נ | N | ▄▄▄ ▄ | |
ד | D | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ | ס | C | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | |
ה | O | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | ע | J | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | |
ו | E | ▄ | פ | P | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | |
ז | Z | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ | צ | W | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | |
ח | H | ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ | ק | Q | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | |
ט | U | ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | ר | R | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | |
י | I | ▄ ▄ | ש | S | ▄ ▄ ▄ | |
כ | K | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | ת | T | ▄▄▄ |
Arabic[]
Letter | In Latin | Code | Letter | In Latin | Code | Letter | In Latin | Code | Letter | In Latin | Code | |||
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ا | A | ▄ ▄▄▄ | ذ | Z | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ | ط | U | ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | ل | L | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ | |||
ب | B | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ | ر | R | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | ظ | Y | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | م | M | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | |||
ت | T | ▄▄▄ | ز | Ö | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | ع | Ä | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | ن | N | ▄▄▄ ▄ | |||
ث | C | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | س | S | ▄ ▄ ▄ | غ | G | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | ه | É | ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ | |||
ج | J | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | ش | CH | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | ف | F | ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | و | W | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | |||
ح | H | ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ | ص | X | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | ق | Q | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | ي | I | ▄ ▄ | |||
خ | O | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | ض | V | ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | ك | K | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | ﺀ | E | ▄ | |||
د | D | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ |
Persian[]
Letter | In Latin | Code | Letter | In Latin | Code | Letter | In Latin | Code | Letter | In Latin | Code | |||
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ا | A | ▄ ▄▄▄ | خ | KH | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | ص | S | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | ک | K | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | |||
ب | B | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ | د | D | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ | ض | Z | ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ | گ | G | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | |||
پ | P | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | ذ | Z | ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | ط | T | ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ | ل | L | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ | |||
ت | T | ▄▄▄ | ر | R | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | ظ | Z | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | م | M | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | |||
ث | C | ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | ز | J | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ | ع | AI | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | ن | N | ▄▄▄ ▄ | |||
ج | J | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | ژ | G | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | غ | GH | ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | و | W | ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | |||
چ | CH | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | س | S | ▄ ▄ ▄ | ف | F | ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ | ه | H | ▄ | |||
ح | H | ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ | ش | SH | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ | ق | Q | ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ | ی | I/E | ▄ ▄ |
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,[1] where the Latin letters are encoded as per the International Morse code standard. Some variations on this code exist,[2] and there have been some attempts to introduce other telegraph codes to add efficiency and make it suitable for more Indian languages.[1][3][4] Proposals for a telegraph code suitable for multiple Indian languages have been made as early as 1948, shortly after independence.[5]
Devanagari | In Latin | Devanagari | In Latin | Devanagari | In Latin | Devanagari | In Latin | |||
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ा | A | अ | TA | ः | EA | आ | IA | |||
ि | D | इ | TD | ी | ED | ई | ID | |||
ु | U | उ | TU | ू | EU | ऊ | IU | |||
े | F | ए | TF | े | EF | ऐ | IF | |||
ो | O | ओ | TO | ो | EO | औ | IO | |||
क | K | क् | TK | ख | EK | ख् | IK | |||
ग | G | ग् | TG | घ | EG | घ् | IG | |||
च | C | च् | TC | छ | EC | छ् | IC | |||
ज | J | ज् | TJ | झ | EJ | झ् | IJ | |||
ट | Ä | ट् | TÄ | ठ | EÄ | ठ् | IÄ | |||
ड | Ü | ड् | TÜ | ढ | EÜ | ढ् | IÜ | |||
त | W | त् | TW | थ | EW | थ् | IW | |||
द | Z | द् | TZ | ध | EZ | ध् | IZ | |||
न | N | न् | TN | ं | EN | ँ | IN | |||
प | P | प् | TP | फ | EP | फ् | IP | |||
ब | B | ब् | TB | भ | EB | भ् | IB | |||
म | M | म् | TM | ण | EM | ण् | IM | |||
य | Y | य् | TY | ळ | EY | ळ् | IY | |||
र | R | र् | TR | ER | क्र | IR | ||||
ल | L | ल् | TL | ञ | EL | ञ् | IL | |||
व | V | व् | TV | ङ | EV | ङ् | IV | |||
स | S | स् | TS | श | ES | श् | IS | |||
ह | H | ह् | TH | ष | EH | ष् | IH | |||
ृ | Ö | ़ | TÖ | ॆ | EÖ | IÖ | ||||
क्ष | Q | क्ष् | TQ | त्र | EQ | त्र् | IQ | |||
ज्ञ | X | ज्ञ् | TX | श्र | EX | श्र् | IX | |||
में | MM | है | TMM | मैं | EMM | हूँ | IMM |
Japanese[]
See Wabun code.
Chinese[]
See Chinese telegraph code.
Korean[]
See SKATS.
Thai[]
See รหัสมอร์ส on the Thai Wikipedia
References[]
- ^ a b Kelkar, Ashok R. (October 1967) [1969]. "Telegraph Code for Marathi". In Poddar, Arabinda (ed.). Language and society in India. Proceedings of a seminar. Language and society in India. Simla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study. pp. 520–524. OCLC 504343143.
- ^ @avtansa (2018-06-07). "Morse code for sending messages in Devanagari (Telegraphy) देवनागरी तार संकेत निर्देशिका #Hindi #Marathi #Sanskrit #Kashmiri #Bodo #Sindhi #Santhali #Dogri" (Tweet). Retrieved 2019-02-25 – via Twitter.
- ^ Ramakrishna, B. S.; Nair, K. K.; Chiplunkar, V. N.; Atal, B. S.; Rajaraman, V. (1957). "Statistical Studies in Some Indian Languages with Applications to Communication Engineering". IETE Journal of Research. 4: 25–35. doi:10.1080/03772063.1957.11486049.
- ^ Narahari Pandit, S. N. (1961). "An Alternative Code for Indian Languages". IETE Journal of Research. 7 (3): 145–148. doi:10.1080/03772063.1961.11486283.
- ^ R.D. Joshi, "A New Telegraphic Code for the Indian Languages", Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, pp. 301–307 vol. 7, iss. 7, 1948.
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