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TRANSLITERATION GUIDE

TRANSLITERATION SCHEMES WITH
LATIN DIACRITICAL MARKS AS WELL AS
BARAHA AND ITRANS NOTATIONS

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VOWELS
LATIN
(upper case) 		A Ā I Ī U Ū Ṛ Ṝ E Ê / È AI O Ô / Ò AU AṀ AḤ
LATIN
(lower case) 		a ā i ī u ū ṛ ṝ e ê / è ai o ô / ò au aṁ aḥ
देवनागरी अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ऋ ॠ   ए ऐ   ओ औ अं अः
తెలుగు అ ఆ ఇ ఈ ఉ ఊ ఋ ౠ ఎ ఏ ఐ ఒ ఓ ఔ అం అః
தமிழ் அ ஆ இ ஈ உ ஊ     எ ஏ ஐ ஒ ஓ ஔ அம் அஃ
ಕನ್ನಡ ಅ ಆ ಇ ಈ ಉ ಊ ಋ ೠ ಎ ಏ ಐ ಒ ಓ ಔ ಅಂ ಅಃ
BARAHA a A i I u U Ru RU e E ai o O au aM aH
ITRANS a aa /
A 		i ii /
I 		u uu /
U 		R^i /
RRi 		R^I /
RRI 		  e ai   o au aM aH
PLEASE NOTE Upper and lower case LATIN symbols have same phonetics;
Phonetics in BARAHA and ITRANS notations are Case-sensitive.

CONSONANTS (1)
LATIN
(upper case) 		KA KHA GA GHA ṄA CA/
CHA** 		CHHA JA JHA ÑA ṬA ṬHA ḌA ḌHA ṆA
LATIN
(lower case) 		ka kha ga gha ṅa ca/
cha** 		chha ja jha ña ṭa ṭha ḍa ḍha ṇa
देवनागरी क ख ग घ ङ च छ ज झ ञ ट ठ ड ढ ण
తెలుగు క ఖ గ ఘ ఙ చ ఛ జ ఝ ఞ ట ఠ డ ఢ ణ
தமிழ் க க க க ங ச ச ஜ ஜ ஞ ட ட ட ட ண
ಕನ್ನಡ ಕ ಖ ಗ ಘ ಙ್ ಚ ಛ ಜ ಝ ಞ ಟ ಠ ಡ ಢ ಣ
BARAHA ka kha /
Ka 		ga gha /
Ga 		~ga ca Ca ja jha /
Ja 		~ja Ta Tha Da Dha Na
ITRANS ka kha ga gha ~N /
N^ 		ca /
cha 		Cha /
chha 		ja jha ~n /
JN 		Ta Tha Da Dha Na
PLEASE NOTE Upper and lower case LATIN symbols have same phonetics;
Phonetics in BARAHA and ITRANS notations are Case-sensitive.
** ( ca ) is the formally recognized symbol which was adopted at the Oriental convention in 1912
in Athens when these notations were standardized. But, (cha) has also come into vogue by virtue of
its popular usage over time. However, the ligature (च्छ, చ్ఛ) should always be written as ccha.

CONSONANTS (2)
LATIN
(upper case) 		TA THA DA DHA NA PA PHA BA BHA MA YA RA LA VA /
WA $$
LATIN
(lower case) 		ta tha da dha na pa pha ba bha ma ya ra la va /
wa $$
देवनागरी त थ द ध न प फ ब भ म य र ल व
తెలుగు త థ ద ధ న ప ఫ బ భ మ య ర ల వ
தமிழ் த த த த ந, ன ப ப ப ப ம ய ர ல வ
ಕನ್ನಡ ತ ಥ ದ ಧ ನ ಪ ಫ ಬ ಭ ಮ ಯ ರ ಲ ವ
BARAHA ta tha da dha na pa pha /
Pa		 ba bha /
Ba 		ma ya ra la va
ITRANS ta tha da dha na pa pha ba bha ma ya ra la va /
wa
PLEASE NOTE Upper and lower case LATIN symbols have same phonetics;
Phonetics in BARAHA and ITRANS notations are Case-sensitive.
$$ (va) is the formally adopted symbol.   (wa) is also used often.

CONSONANTS (3)
LATIN
(upper case) 		ŚA ṢA SA HA KṢA ŘA ḶA ZA ŚRĪ
LATIN
(lower case) 		śa ṣa sa ha kṣa řa ḷa za Śrī
देवनागरी श ष स ह क्ष ऱ ळ   श्री
తెలుగు శ ష స హ క్ష ఱ ళ   శ్రీ
தமிழ் ஶ ஷ ஸ ஹ க்ஷ ற ள ழ ஸ்ரீ
ಕನ್ನಡ ಶ ಷ ಸ ಹ ಕ್ಷ ಱ ಳ   ಶ್ರೀ
BARAHA Sa Sha sa ha kSha rxa La zh SrI
ITRANS sha Sha /
shha 		sa ha kSha   La   SrI
PLEASE NOTE Upper and lower case LATIN symbols have same phonetics;
Phonetics in BARAHA and ITRANS notations are Case-sensitive.

LIGATURES—CONSONANT + VOWEL
LATIN
(upper case) 		KA KĀ KI KĪ KU KŪ KṚ KṜ KE KÊ /
KÈ 		KAI KO KÔ /
KÒ 		KAU KAṀ KAḤ
LATIN
(lower case) 		ka kā ki kī ku kū kṛ kṝ ke kê /
kè 		kai ko kô /
kò 		kau kaṁ kaḥ
देवनागरी क का कि की कु कू कृ कॄ   के कै   को कौ कं कः
తెలుగు క కా కి కీ కు కూ కృ కౄ కె కే కై కొ కో కౌ కం కః
தமிழ் க கா கி கீ கு கூ க்ரு க்ரூ கெ கே கை கொ கோ கௌ கம் கஃ
ಕನ್ನಡ ಕ ಕಾ ಕಿ ಕೀ ಕು ಕೂ ಕೃ ಕೄ ಕೆ ಕೇ ಕೈ ಕೊ ಕೋ ಕೌ ಕಂ ಕಃ
BARAHA ka kA ki kI ku kU kRu kRU ke kE kai ko kO kau kaM kaH
ITRANS ka kaa /
kA 		ki kii /
kI 		ku kuu /
kU 		kR^i /
kRRi 		kR^I /
kRRI 		  ke kai   ko kau kaM kaH
PLEASE NOTE Upper and lower case LATIN symbols have same phonetics;
Phonetics in BARAHA and ITRANS notations are Case-sensitive.