• 09 Jul
• 2025

The Safaryan–Grigoryan Transliteration System: Standardizing Chinese Proper Names in Armenian

The Safaryan–Grigoryan system represents the standard method of transliterating Chinese proper names into the Armenian language. It has been broadly adopted within Armenia for scholarly, educational, and official use, providing a consistent framework for rendering Chinese phonology using the Armenian script.

For comparison, the well-known Palladius system serves a similar role in the Russian-speaking world, providing a standardized method for transcribing Chinese into Russian. Both systems aim to preserve phonetic accuracy while respecting the orthographic norms of the target language.