The Kyoto-Harvard Convention is a system for transliterating the Sanskrit language in ASCII. It is predominantly used informally in e-mail, and for electronic texts.
The Devanagari alphabet is transliterated thus:
a A i I u U R RR lR lRR e ai o au M H
k kh g gh G c ch j jh J
T Th D Dh N t th d dh n
p ph b bh m y r l v z S s h
Symbols by sound-class
Vowels:
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simple vowels:
- a i u
-
long vowels:
- A I U
-
sonorants:
- R RR L
-
diphtongs
- e ai o au
Consonants:
-
semivowels:
- y r l v
-
gutturals:
- k kh g gh G
-
palatals:
- c ch j jh J
-
cerebrals
- T Th D Dh N
-
dentals
- t th d dh n
-
labials
- p ph b bh m
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sibilants:
- z S s
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voiced spirant:
- h
-
voiceless spirant (visarga)
- H
-
nasalization (anusvara)
- M
-
elision (avagraha)
- '
See also
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