Skip to content

Transliteration Schemes

Ranganath Atreya edited this page Jan 16, 2016 · 8 revisions

Transliteration Schemes

Scheme for all languages

Type Glyph Harvard-Kyoto ITRANS Baraha Barahavat Ksharanam
DEPENDENT AA A aa, A aa, A aa, A A
DEPENDENT I i i i i i
DEPENDENT II I ii, I ee, I ii, I I
DEPENDENT U u u u u u
DEPENDENT UU U uu, U oo, U uu, U U
DEPENDENT VOCALIC R R RRi, R^i Ru Ru rw
DEPENDENT VOCALIC RR RR RRI, R^I RU RU Rw
DEPENDENT SHORT E e e e e e
DEPENDENT E E E E E E
DEPENDENT AI ai ai ai ai ai
DEPENDENT SHORT O o o o o o
DEPENDENT O O O O O O
DEPENDENT AU au au au, ou au, aw au
DEPENDENT VOCALIC L lR LLi, L^i ~lu .lu lw
DEPENDENT VOCALIC LL lRR LLI, L^I ~lU .lU Lw
DIGIT ZERO 0 0 0 0 0
DIGIT ONE 1 1 1 1 1
DIGIT TWO 2 2 2 2 2
DIGIT THREE 3 3 3 3 3
DIGIT FOUR 4 4 4 4 4
DIGIT FIVE 5 5 5 5 5
DIGIT SIX 6 6 6 6 6
DIGIT SEVEN 7 7 7 7 7
DIGIT EIGHT 8 8 8 8 8
DIGIT NINE 9 9 9 9 9
DIGIT TEN 10 10 10 10 10
DIGIT HUNDRED 100 100 100 100 100
DIGIT THOUSAND 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
CONSONANT KA k k k k k
CONSONANT KHA kh kh kh, K kh, K kh
CONSONANT GA g g g g g
CONSONANT GHA gh gh gh, G gh gh
CONSONANT NGA G ~N, N^ ~g G nk, ng
CONSONANT CA c ch c c c
CONSONANT CHA ch Ch ch, C ch, C ch
CONSONANT JA j j j j j
CONSONANT JHA jh jh jh, J jh jh
CONSONANT NYA J ~n, JN ~j J nc, nj
CONSONANT TTA T T T T T
CONSONANT TTHA Th Th Th Th Th
CONSONANT DDA D D D D D
CONSONANT DDHA Dh Dh Dh Dh Dh
CONSONANT NNA N N N N N
CONSONANT TA t t t t t
CONSONANT THA th th th th th
CONSONANT DA d d d d d
CONSONANT DHA dh dh dh dh dh
CONSONANT NA n n n n n
CONSONANT NNNA .n ^n ~n .n .n
CONSONANT PA p p p p p
CONSONANT PHA ph ph ph, P ph, P ph
CONSONANT BA b b b b b
CONSONANT BHA bh bh bh, B bh, B bh
CONSONANT MA m m m m m
CONSONANT YA y y y y y
CONSONANT YYA Y Y Y, yx Y Y
CONSONANT RA r r r r r
CONSONANT RRA .d, .r .D, R Dx, r^ .d, .r .d, .r
CONSONANT RHA .dh .Dh Dhx .dh .dh
CONSONANT LA l l l l l
CONSONANT LLA L L L L L
CONSONANT LLLA .j J, zh Lx, zh zh zh
CONSONANT VA v, w v, w v, w v, w v
CONSONANT SHA z sh sh, S sh, S sc, sj
CONSONANT SSA S Sh Sh Sh S
CONSONANT SA s s s s s
CONSONANT HA h h h h h
SIGN CANDRABINDU .M .N ~M .m MM
SIGN ANUSVARA M .n, .m M M M
SIGN VISARGA H H H H H
SIGN NUKTA .z z z z z
SIGN AVAGRAHA .a .a & & &
SIGN VIRAMA q q q q q
SIGN OM aum AUM, OM aum aum aum
SIGN STRESS UDATTA ' ' ' ' '
SIGN STRESS ANUDATTA _ _ _ _ _
SIGN DANDA | | | | |
SIGN DOUBLE DANDA || || || || ||
SIGN JIHVAMULIYA x x x x K
SIGN UPADHMANIYA f f f f f
SIGN ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
SIGN ZERO WIDTH JOINER ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
SIGN RUPEE Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs.
VOWEL A a a a a a
VOWEL AA A aa, A aa, A aa, A A
VOWEL I i i i i i
VOWEL II I ii, I ee, I ii, I I
VOWEL U u u u u u
VOWEL UU U uu, U oo, U uu, U U
VOWEL VOCALIC R R RRi, R^i Ru Ru rw
VOWEL VOCALIC L lR LLi, L^i ~lu .lu Rw
VOWEL SHORT E e e e e e
VOWEL E E E E E E
VOWEL AI ai ai ai ai ai
VOWEL SHORT O o o o o o
VOWEL O O O O O O
VOWEL AU au au au, ou au, ou au
VOWEL VOCALIC RR RR RRI, R^I RU RU lw
VOWEL VOCALIC LL lRR LLI, L^I ~lU .lU Lw

Language specific Exceptions

Languages without a prevalent Short E

Applies to Devanagari, Bengali, Gurmukhi, Oriya and Hindi.

Type Glyph Harvard-Kyoto ITRANS Baraha Barahavat
DEPENDENT SHORT E E E E E
DEPENDENT E e e e e
DEPENDENT SHORT O O O O O
DEPENDENT O o o o o
VOWEL SHORT E E E E E
VOWEL E e e e e
VOWEL SHORT O O O O O
VOWEL O o o o o

Gurmukhi

Type Glyph Harvard-Kyoto ITRANS Baraha Barahavat
SIGN TIPPI .n .n ~n .n
SIGN ADDAK .m .m ~m .m

Hindi

Type Glyph Harvard-Kyoto ITRANS Baraha Barahavat
CONSONANT ZA z z z z
CONSONANT FA f f f f
SIGN NUKTA .z .z ~z .z
SIGN UPADHMANIYA .f .f ~f .f

Mapping of Glyph Name to Language

Languages without a prevalent Short E

Type Glyph Devanagari Bengali Gurmukhi Oriya Brahmi
DEPENDENT AA 𑀸
DEPENDENT I ि ি ਿ ି 𑀺
DEPENDENT II 𑀻
DEPENDENT U 𑀼
DEPENDENT UU 𑀽
DEPENDENT VOCALIC R 𑀾
DEPENDENT VOCALIC RR 𑀿
DEPENDENT SHORT E
DEPENDENT E 𑁂
DEPENDENT AI 𑁃
DEPENDENT SHORT O
DEPENDENT O 𑁄
DEPENDENT AU 𑁅
DEPENDENT VOCALIC L 𑁀
DEPENDENT VOCALIC LL 𑁁
DIGIT ZERO 𑁦
DIGIT ONE 𑁧
DIGIT TWO 𑁨
DIGIT THREE 𑁩
DIGIT FOUR 𑁪
DIGIT FIVE 𑁫
DIGIT SIX 𑁬
DIGIT SEVEN 𑁭
DIGIT EIGHT 𑁮
DIGIT NINE 𑁯
DIGIT TEN 𑁛
DIGIT HUNDRED 𑁤
DIGIT THOUSAND 𑁥
CONSONANT KA 𑀓
CONSONANT KHA 𑀔
CONSONANT GA 𑀕
CONSONANT GHA 𑀖
CONSONANT NGA 𑀗
CONSONANT CA 𑀘
CONSONANT CHA 𑀙
CONSONANT JA 𑀚
CONSONANT JHA 𑀛
CONSONANT NYA 𑀜
CONSONANT TTA 𑀝
CONSONANT TTHA 𑀞
CONSONANT DDA 𑀟
CONSONANT DDHA 𑀠
CONSONANT NNA 𑀡
CONSONANT TA 𑀢
CONSONANT THA 𑀣
CONSONANT DA 𑀤
CONSONANT DHA 𑀥
CONSONANT NA 𑀦
CONSONANT NNNA 𑀷
CONSONANT PA 𑀧
CONSONANT PHA 𑀨
CONSONANT BA 𑀩
CONSONANT BHA 𑀪
CONSONANT MA 𑀫
CONSONANT YA 𑀬
CONSONANT YYA
CONSONANT RA 𑀭
CONSONANT RRA 𑀶
CONSONANT RHA
CONSONANT LA 𑀮
CONSONANT LLA 𑀴
CONSONANT LLLA 𑀵
CONSONANT VA 𑀯
CONSONANT SHA 𑀰
CONSONANT SSA 𑀱
CONSONANT SA 𑀲
CONSONANT HA 𑀳
SIGN CANDRABINDU 𑀀
SIGN ANUSVARA 𑀁
SIGN VISARGA 𑀂
SIGN NUKTA
SIGN AVAGRAHA
SIGN VIRAMA
SIGN OM
SIGN STRESS UDATTA
SIGN STRESS ANUDATTA
SIGN DANDA
SIGN DOUBLE DANDA
SIGN JIHVAMULIYA 𑀃
SIGN UPADHMANIYA 𑀄
SIGN ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER
SIGN ZERO WIDTH JOINER
SIGN RUPEE
VOWEL A 𑀅
VOWEL AA 𑀆
VOWEL I 𑀇
VOWEL II 𑀈
VOWEL U 𑀉
VOWEL UU 𑀊
VOWEL VOCALIC R 𑀋
VOWEL VOCALIC L 𑀍
VOWEL SHORT E
VOWEL E 𑀏
VOWEL AI 𑀐
VOWEL SHORT O
VOWEL O 𑀑
VOWEL AU 𑀒
VOWEL VOCALIC RR 𑀌
VOWEL VOCALIC LL 𑀎
SIGN TIPPI
SIGN ADDAK

Languages with a prevalent Short E

Type Glyph Kannada Telgu Gujarati
DEPENDENT AA
DEPENDENT I ಿ ి િ
DEPENDENT II
DEPENDENT U
DEPENDENT UU
DEPENDENT VOCALIC R
DEPENDENT VOCALIC RR
DEPENDENT SHORT E
DEPENDENT E
DEPENDENT AI
DEPENDENT SHORT O
DEPENDENT O
DEPENDENT AU
DEPENDENT VOCALIC L
DEPENDENT VOCALIC LL
DIGIT ZERO
DIGIT ONE
DIGIT TWO
DIGIT THREE
DIGIT FOUR
DIGIT FIVE
DIGIT SIX
DIGIT SEVEN
DIGIT EIGHT
DIGIT NINE
DIGIT TEN
DIGIT HUNDRED
DIGIT THOUSAND
CONSONANT KA
CONSONANT KHA
CONSONANT GA
CONSONANT GHA
CONSONANT NGA
CONSONANT CA
CONSONANT CHA
CONSONANT JA
CONSONANT JHA
CONSONANT NYA
CONSONANT TTA
CONSONANT TTHA
CONSONANT DDA
CONSONANT DDHA
CONSONANT NNA
CONSONANT TA
CONSONANT THA
CONSONANT DA
CONSONANT DHA
CONSONANT NA
CONSONANT NNNA
CONSONANT PA
CONSONANT PHA
CONSONANT BA
CONSONANT BHA
CONSONANT MA
CONSONANT YA
CONSONANT YYA
CONSONANT RA
CONSONANT RRA
CONSONANT RHA
CONSONANT LA
CONSONANT LLA
CONSONANT LLLA
CONSONANT VA
CONSONANT SHA
CONSONANT SSA
CONSONANT SA
CONSONANT HA
SIGN CANDRABINDU
SIGN ANUSVARA
SIGN VISARGA
SIGN NUKTA
SIGN AVAGRAHA
SIGN VIRAMA
SIGN OM
SIGN STRESS UDATTA
SIGN STRESS ANUDATTA
SIGN DANDA
SIGN DOUBLE DANDA
SIGN JIHVAMULIYA
SIGN UPADHMANIYA
SIGN ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER
SIGN ZERO WIDTH JOINER
SIGN RUPEE
VOWEL A
VOWEL AA
VOWEL I
VOWEL II
VOWEL U
VOWEL UU
VOWEL VOCALIC R
VOWEL VOCALIC L
VOWEL SHORT E
VOWEL E
VOWEL AI
VOWEL SHORT O
VOWEL O
VOWEL AU
VOWEL VOCALIC RR
VOWEL VOCALIC LL
SIGN TIPPI
SIGN ADDAK

Tamil and Malayalam

Type Glyph Tamil Malayalam
DEPENDENT AA
DEPENDENT I ி ി
DEPENDENT II
DEPENDENT U
DEPENDENT UU
DEPENDENT VOCALIC R
DEPENDENT VOCALIC RR
DEPENDENT SHORT E
DEPENDENT E
DEPENDENT AI
DEPENDENT SHORT O
DEPENDENT O
DEPENDENT AU
DEPENDENT VOCALIC L
DEPENDENT VOCALIC LL
DIGIT ZERO
DIGIT ONE
DIGIT TWO
DIGIT THREE
DIGIT FOUR
DIGIT FIVE
DIGIT SIX
DIGIT SEVEN
DIGIT EIGHT
DIGIT NINE
DIGIT TEN
DIGIT HUNDRED
DIGIT THOUSAND
CONSONANT KA
CONSONANT KHA
CONSONANT GA
CONSONANT GHA
CONSONANT NGA
CONSONANT CA
CONSONANT CHA
CONSONANT JA
CONSONANT JHA
CONSONANT NYA
CONSONANT TTA
CONSONANT TTHA
CONSONANT DDA
CONSONANT DDHA
CONSONANT NNA
CONSONANT TA
CONSONANT THA
CONSONANT DA
CONSONANT DHA
CONSONANT NA
CONSONANT NNNA
CONSONANT PA
CONSONANT PHA
CONSONANT BA
CONSONANT BHA
CONSONANT MA
CONSONANT YA
CONSONANT YYA
CONSONANT RA
CONSONANT RRA
CONSONANT RHA
CONSONANT LA
CONSONANT LLA
CONSONANT LLLA
CONSONANT VA
CONSONANT SHA
CONSONANT SSA
CONSONANT SA
CONSONANT HA
SIGN CANDRABINDU
SIGN ANUSVARA
SIGN VISARGA
SIGN NUKTA
SIGN AVAGRAHA
SIGN VIRAMA
SIGN OM
SIGN STRESS UDATTA
SIGN STRESS ANUDATTA
SIGN DANDA
SIGN DOUBLE DANDA
SIGN JIHVAMULIYA
SIGN UPADHMANIYA
SIGN ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER
SIGN ZERO WIDTH JOINER
SIGN RUPEE
VOWEL A
VOWEL AA
VOWEL I
VOWEL II
VOWEL U
VOWEL UU
VOWEL VOCALIC R
VOWEL VOCALIC L
VOWEL SHORT E
VOWEL E
VOWEL AI
VOWEL SHORT O
VOWEL O
VOWEL AU
VOWEL VOCALIC RR
VOWEL VOCALIC LL
SIGN TIPPI
SIGN ADDAK
Clone this wiki locally