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Alphabetics: An Attempt at Character Mapping Across the Scripts for Sanskrit/Hindi (Devanagari), Telugu and Urdu (Nastaleeq)

Beerelli Seshi, M.D.
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Alphabet Mapping Tables

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Table 1 – Devanagari and Telugu Vowels Table 2 – Devanagari and Telugu Consonants Table 3 – Devanagari Consonant Clusters Table 4 – Devanagari and Urdu Special Consonants Table 5 – Devanagari Hindi vs. Urdu Vowels Table 6 – Devanagari Hindi vs. Urdu Consonants Table 7 – Devanagari vs. Urdu: Digraphs1 (Stressed Consonants/Aspirates) Table 8 – Urdu Letters With Dots Table 9 – Urdu Letters Without Dots Table 10 – Complete Urdu Alphabet in All Forms
Devanagari vs. Telugu Devanagari vs. Telugu Devanagari Devanagari vs. Urdu Devanagari Hindi vs. Urdu Devanagari Hindi vs. Urdu Devanagari vs. Urdu: Digraphs1 (Stressed Consonants/Aspirates) How Dots Differentiate Many Urdu Letters (Showing a method in madness) Urdu Letters Without Dots Complete Urdu Alphabet – Representing in All Forms
Devanagari Sanskrit Transliteration (1IAST) Hindi Transliteration (2LoC) Vowel diacritics Vowel diacritics on अ (new style) Vowel diacritics on प Telugu Letter Telugu Transliteration (LoC) Vowel diacritics on క Special to Telugu Transliteration Vowel diacritics on క Devanagari Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST) Hindi Transliteration Telugu Transliteration Special to Telugu Transliteration Devanagari Sanskrit Transliteration Hindi Transliteration Devanagari Sanskrit Transliteration Hindi Transliteration Urdu Name Transliteration Hindi vowels Hindi vowel diacritics on प Urdu vowels on first consonant Urdu vowels on middle consonant Urdu vowels on last consonant Transliteration Hindi Letter Name Transliteration Urdu Letter Name Transliteration Hindi Letter Name Transliteration Urdu Letter with ه to Left Name with Hay Transliteration with h Letter Name Transliteration Letter Name Transliteration Initial Medial Final Alone Transliteration
क्ष kṣa kṣa क़ qa qa ق qāf q क ka ka ک kaaf k भ bha bh ب ه bay-hay bh ب bay b ا alif a ا ﺎ ﺎ ا omit (see Note)
अ a a अ प అ a  క क ka ka క ka त्र tra tra ख़ k͟ha k͟ha خ ḵẖe ḵẖ अ प اَ◌ ــــــَ اَ◌ a ख kha kha کھ kaaf-hay kh फ pha ph پ ه pay-hay ph ت tay t ک kaf k ﺑ ﺒ ﺐ ﺏ b
आ ā ā ा आ पा ఆ ā కా ख kha kha ఖ kha ज्ञ jña jña ग़ ġa ġa/gha غ g̠h̠ayn g̠h̠ आ पा آ◌ ــــــا ــــــا ā ग ga ga گ gaaf g थ tha tha ت ه tay-hay th پ pay p گ gaf g ﭘ ﭙ ﭗ ﭖ p
इ i i ि अि पि ఇ i కి ग ga ga గ ga श्र śra śra ज़ za za ذ / ض / ظ ẕāl / zuād / z̤oy ẕ / ẓ / z̤ इ पि اِ◌ ــــــِ اِ◌ i घ gha gha گھ gaaf-hay gh ठ ttha ṭha ٹ ه ttay-hay ṭh ث say s̱ ل lam l ﺗ ﺘ ﺖ ﺕ t
ई ī ī ी अी पी ఈ ī కీ घ gha gha ఘ gha फ़ fa fa ف fe f ई पी ی◌ ـــــِـي ◌ی ī ङ nga ṅa ن noon ṅ झ jha jha ج ه jeem-hay jh ح hay ḥ م mim m ﭨ ﭩ ﭧ ٹ ṭ
उ u u ु अु पु ఉ u కు ङ ṅa ṅa ఙ ṅa ड़ ṛa ṛa N.A. N.A. N.A. उ पु اُ◌ ــــــُ اُ◌ u च ca ca خ chay c छ cha cha چ ه chay-hay ch خ khay ḵẖ و waʾo v ﺛ ﺜ ﺚ ﺙ s
ऊ ū ū ू अू पू ఊ ū కూ च ca ca చ ca ౘ ĉa ढ़ ṛha ṛha N.A. N.A. N.A. ऊ पू او◌ ـــــُـو او◌ ū छ cha cha چھ chay-hay ch ढ ddha ḍha ده daal-hay dh ج jeem j ہ choti he h ﺟ ﺠ ﺞ ﺝ j
ए e e े अे पे ఎ e కె, కే ఏ ē కే छ cha cha ఛ cha N.A. = Not applicable ए पे ای◌ ــــــے ای◌ e ज ja ja ح jeem j ध dha dha ڋه ddaal-hay ḍh چ chay c ھ do-chasmi he h ﭼ ﭽ ﭻ ﭺ c
ऐ ai ai ै अै पै ఐ ai కై ज ja ja జ ja ౙ ĵa ऐ पै ی◌ ــــــى ی◌ ai झ jha jha جھ jeem-hay jh ऋ rhu ṛ ڑه ṛay-hay ṛh د dal d ء hamzah a ﺣ ﺤ ﺢ ﺡ ḥ
ओ o o/ô ो ऒ पो ఒ o కొ, కో ఓ ō కో झ jha jha ఝ jha ओ पो او◌ ــــــو او◌ o/ô ञ nya ña یٌه ñ ख kha kha ك ه kaaf-hay kh ذ zal ẕ ی choti ye e ﺧ ﺨ ﺦ ﺥ kh
औ au au/ê ौ अॅ पौ ఔ au కౌ ञ ña ña ఞ ña औ पौ اَو◌ ــــــَو اَو◌ au/ê ट tta ṭa ث ttay ṭ घ gha gha گ ه gaaf-hay gh ر re r ے bari ye e ﺩ ﺪ ﺪ ﺩ d
ट ṭa ṭa ట ṭa ठ ttha ṭha ٹھ ttay-hay ṭh 1A digraph means a pair of letters that form one sound. ز ze z ڈ ﮉ ﮉ ڈ ḍ
ऋ ṛ ṛ ृ अृ पृ ఋ ṛ కృ ठ ṭha ṭha ఠ ṭha ऋ पृ ِ + ر (consonant + vowel) ِ + ر (consonant + vowel) ِ + ر (consonant + vowel) ri ड dda ḍa ز ddaal (zaal) ḍ ژ zhe zh ﺫ ﺬ ﺬ ﺫ z
ॠ ṝ ṝ ॄ अॄ पॄ ౠ ṝ కౄ ड ḍa ḍa డ ḍa ढ ddha ḍha زھ ddaal-hay ḍh س seen s ﺭ ﺮ ﺮ ﺭ r
ऌ ḷ ḷ ॢ पॢ ఌ ḷ కౢ ढ ḍha ḍha ఢ ḍha ण nna ṇa صاه n ش sheen sh ڑ ﮍ ﮍ ڑ ṛ
ॡ ḹ ḹ ॣ पॣ ౡ ḹ కౣ ण ṇa ṇa ణ ṇa त ta ta ت/ ط tay/ toay t ص swad ṣ ﺯ ﺰ ﺰ ﺯ z
त ta ta త ta थ tha tha تھ tay-hay th ض zwad ḍ ﮊ ﮋ ﮋ ﮊ zh
अं ṃ ṃ ं पं అం ṃ కం थ tha tha థ tha द da da ر daal d ع ʿain ʿ ﺳ ﺴ ﺲ ﺱ s
अः ḥ ḥ ः पः అః ḥ కః द da da ద da ध dha dha رھ daal-hay dh غ ghain g̠h̠ ﺷ ﺸ ﺶ ﺵ sh
अँ m̐ m̐ ँ पॅ ध dha dha ధ dha न na na ن noon n ط toʾe t̤ ﺻ ﺼ ﺺ ﺹ ṣ
न na na న na प pa pa ة pay p ظ zoʾe z̤ ﺿ ﻀ ﺾ ﺽ ẓ
3ऽ (avagraha) ' ' ऽ प pa pa ప pa फ pha pha پھ pay-hay ph ف fe f ﻃ ﻄ ﻂ ﻁ t̤
To Learn More:

Sanskrit:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari transliteration

Hindi: https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/hindi.pdf

Telugu: https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/telugu.pdf

 फ pha pha ఫ pha ब ba ba ب bay b ق qaaf q ﻇ ﻈ ﻆ ﻅ z̤
ब ba ba బ ba भ bha bha بھ bay-hay bh ن nun n ﻋ ﻌ ﻊ ﻉ ' (ayn)
भ bha bha భ bha म ma ma م meem m ﻏ ﻐ ﻎ ﻍ g̠h̠
म ma ma మ ma य ya ya ے bari-yeh y ﻓ ﻔ ﻒ ﻑ f
य ya ya య ya र ra ra ش ray r Letters with toʾe on top ﻗ ﻘ ﻖ ﻕ q
1 IAST = International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration र ra ra ర ra ఱ ṛa ल la la ل laam l ٹ the ṭ ﻛ ﻜ ﻚ ﻙ k
2 LoC = Library of Congress ल la la ల la ళ ḷa व va va و wow v ڈ dhal dh ﮔ ﮕ ﮓ ﮒ g
3 Avagraha indicates the subsequent "a" that has vanished due to Sandhi. It is not pronounced. It is normal in Devanagari script. व va va వ va श sha śa ش sheen ś ڑ arre ṛ ﻧ ﻨ ﻦ ﻥ n
श śa śa శ śa ष ssa ṣa/sha ش sheen ṣ ﯨ ﯨ ﮟ ں ṉ
ष ṣa ṣa/sha ష ṣa स sa sa س/ ج/ ص seen/ saay/ suad s ﻳ (ﻲ ، ے) ﻴ (ي ، ے) ﻰ ﻯ y
स sa sa స sa ह ha ha/h̤a د/ ھ / ي hay h ﻟ ﻟ ﻞ ﻝ l
ह ha ha/h̤a హ ha To Learn More: https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/urdu.pdf ﻣ ﻤ ﻢ ﻡ m
క్ష kṣa ﻭ ﻮ ﻮ ﻭ v
ﻫ ﻬ ﻪ ه h
– – ﺔ ة t
To Learn More: https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/urdu.pdf

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