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Most countries that use more than the standard latin script have at least one version of their name in latin so that everyone else can use it. საქართველო, Ελλάδ
by mateo1 4y ago
Most countries that use more than the standard latin script have at least one version of their name in latin so that everyone else can use it. საქართველო, Ελλάδα, Россия etc aren't very usable written like that. I would understand if Turkey applied for the romanized version of their name but using diacritics in it makes it a pain in the ass for everyone else.
- asveikau 4y ago> I would understand if Turkey applied for the romanized version of their name This I just don't understand. Turkish is written in a Latin script with a few diacritics (and the extra character of the i without the dot.) It's hard to call any modification of their existing script a "romanization". As for some of your examples, eg. Россия, I don't think they use a romanization of that word like Rossija or Rossiya at the UN, I think they use English or French translations of Russian Federation.