Social:Standard Alphabet of Mahl Transliteration

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Short description: Latin transliteration for the Mahl Maldivian dialect

The Standard Alphabet of Mahl Transliteration (SAMT) is a transliteration method that allows transliteration of Mahl scripts. It is sometimes called the International Alphabet of Mahl Transliteration (IAMT).

The tables below give the Devanagari equivalent of each letter but include letters from Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali and Arabic to illustrate the transliteration of non-Devanagari characters.

The Standard Alphabet of Mahl Transliteration, intended for the romanization of all Indic scripts, is an extension of IAST, but a few letters do not agree with its IAST equivalent.

Transliteration comparison

Vowels

Tāna Mālē Leṭin Devanāgarī
for Mahal
SAMT Devanāgarī Other IPA
އަ a a [a]
އާ aa ā [aː]
އި i i [i]
އީ ee ī [iː]
އު u u [u]
އޫ oo ū [uː]
އެ e e [e]
އޭ ey ē [eː]
އޮ o o [o]
އޯ oa ō [oː]
އައި ai ai [ai]
އައު au au [au]

Consonants

Tāna Mālē Leṭin Devanāgarī
for Mahal
SAMT Devanāgarī Other IPA
ހަ ha ha [ha]
ށަ rha ṛa [ʂa]
ނަ na na
ރަ ra ra
ބަ ba ba
ޅަ lha ḷa
ކަ ka ka
އަ a a
ވަ va va
މަ ma ma
ފަ fa fa
ދަ dha da
ތަ tha ta
ލަ la la
ގަ ga ga
dna ṇa
ސަ sa sa
ޑަ da ḍa
ޒަ za za
ޓަ ta ṭa
ޏަ gna ña
ޔަ ya ya
ޕަ pa pa
ޖަ ja ja
ޗަ cha ca

Extra letters

Tāna Mālē Leṭin Devanāgarī
for Mahal
SAMT Devanāgarī Other IPA
ޤަ qa क़ qa क़ [qa]
ޙަ h'a ḥa
ޚަ kha xa
ޜަ zha / xa ʒa
ޢަ 'a 'a
ޣަ gha ġa
ޥަ wa wa
ޛަ dh'a ẕa
ޠަ th"a a
ޡަ dh"a ẓa
ޘަ th'a ṡa
ޞަ s"a şa
ޟަ sh'a ḑa
ޝަ s'a śa

Special characters

Tāna Mālē Leṭin Devanāgarī
for Mahal
SAMT Devanāgarī Other IPA
އަން an अं aṅ , aṃ अं

SAMT Chart

See also