These are the rules concerning transliteration inSindhi entries. The transliteration ofDevanagari forSindhi corresponds mostly to theInternational Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, while transcriptions of phonemes unique to Sindhi adhere toR. L. Turner'sA Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages.
| No. | Letter | Name of letter | Transcription | IPA |
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| 1 | ا(ā),آ(ā) | ʾalif | ā, ', – | /aː, ʔ/, ∅ |
| 2 | ب(b) | be | b | /b/ |
| 3 | ٻ(ḇ) | ḇe | ḇ | /ɓ/ |
| 4 | ڀ(bh) | bhe | bh | /bʱ/ |
| 5 | ت(t) | te | t | /t̪/ |
| 6 | ٿ(th) | the | th | /t̪ʰ/ |
| 7 | ٽ(ṭ) | ṭe | ṭ | /ʈ/ |
| 8 | ٺ(ṭh) | ṭhe | ṭh | /ʈʰ/ |
| 9 | ث(s̱) | se | s | /s/ |
| 10 | پ(p) | pe | p | /p/ |
| 11 | ج(j) | jīm | j | /d͡ʒ/ |
| 12 | ڄ(j̄) | j̄īm | j̄ | /ʄ/ |
| 13 | جھ(jh) | jhīm | jh | /d͡ʒʱ/ |
| 14 | ڃ(ñ) | ñe | ñ | /ɲ/ |
| 15 | چ(c) | ce | c | /t͡ʃ/ |
| 16 | ڇ(ch) | che | ch | /t͡ʃʰ/ |
| 17 | ح(ḥ) | he | h | /ɦ/ |
| 18 | خ(x) | xe | x | /x/ |
| 19 | د(d) | dāl | d | /d̪/ |
| 20 | ڌ(dh) | dhāl | dh | /d̪ʱ/ |
| 21 | ڊ(ḍ) | ḍāl | ḍ | /ɖ/ |
| 22 | ڏ(ḏ) | ḍ̠āl | ḍ̠ | /ɗ/ |
| 23 | ڍ(ḍh) | ḍhāl | ḍh | /ɖʱ/ |
| 24 | ذ(ẕ) | zāl | z | /z/ |
| 25 | ر(r) | re | r | /r/ |
| 26 | ڙ(ṛ) | ṛe | ṛ | /ɽ/ |
| 27 | ز(z) | ze | z | /z/ |
| 28 | س(s) | sīn | s | /s/ |
| 29 | ش(ś) | śīn | ś | /ʂ/~/ʃ/ |
| 30 | ص(ṣ) | su'ād | s | /s/ |
| 31 | ض(ẓ) | zu'ād | z | /z/ |
| 32 | ط(t̤) | to'e | t | /t/ |
| 33 | ظ(z̤) | zo'e | z | /z/ |
| 34 | ع(ʻ) | ʿain | ā, o, e, ', | /aː, oː, eː, ʔ/, ∅ |
| 35 | غ(ġ) | ġain | ġ | /ɣ/ |
| 36 | ف(f) | fe | f | /f/ |
| 37 | ڦ(ph) | phe | ph | /pʰ/ |
| 38 | ق(q) | qāf | q | /k, q/ |
| 39 | ڪ(k) | kāf | k | /k/ |
| 40 | ک(kh) | khāf | kh | /kʰ/ |
| 41 | گ(g) | gāf | g | /ɡ/ |
| 42 | ڳ(g̠) | g̠āf | g̠ | /ɠ/ |
| 43 | گهہ(ghh) | ghāf | gh | /ɡʱ/ |
| 42 | ڱ(ṅ) | ṅe | ṅ | /ŋ/ |
| 43 | ل(l) | lām | l | /l/ |
| 44 | م(m) | mīm | m | /m/ |
| 45 | ن(̃) | nūn | n, ◌̃ | /n, ◌̃/ |
| 46 | ڻ(ṇ) | ṇūn | ṇ | /ɳ/ |
| 47 | و(o) | va'o | v, u, o, au, ū | /ʋ, ʊ, oː, ɔː, uː/ |
| 48 | ء | hamzā | ', – | /ʔ/, Ø |
| 49 | ى | ye | y, ī, e | /j, iː, eː/ |
| 52 | ه(h) | he | h | /ɦ/ or/h/ |
| 51 | ھ(h) | do caśmī he | h | /ʰ/ or/ʱ/ |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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| short | independent | अ | इ | उ | ऋ | ए | ओ |
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| diacritic | inherent | ि | ु | ृ | े | ो |
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| trans. | a | i | u | ŕ | e | o |
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| IPA | [ə] | [ɪ] | [ʊ] | [rɪ] | [eː] | [oː] |
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| long | independent | आ | ई | ऊ | | ऐ | औ |
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| diacritic | ा | ी | ू | | ै | ौ |
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| trans. | ā | ī | ū | | ai | au |
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| IPA | [ɑː] | [iː] | [uː] | | [ɛː] | [ɔː] |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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| velar | deva. | क | ख | ग | ॻ | घ | ङ | | | ह |
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| trans. | k | kh | g | g̠ | gh | ṅ | | | h |
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| IPA | [k] | [kʰ] | [ɡ] | [ɠ] | [ɡʱ] | [ŋ] | | | [h]/[ɦ] |
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| palatal | deva. | च | छ | ज | ॼ | झ | ञ | य | श | | |
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| trans. | c | ch | j | j̄ | jh | ñ | y | ś | | |
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| IPA | [tʃ] | [tʃʰ] | [dʒ] | [ɟ] | [dʒʱ] | [ɲ] | [j] | [ʂ]~[ʃ] | | |
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| retroflex | deva. | ट | ठ | ड | ॾ | ढ | ण | र | ष | |
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| trans. | ṭ | ṭh | ḍ | ḍ̠ | ḍh | ṇ | r | ṣ | |
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| IPA | [ʈ] | [ʈʰ] | [ɖ] | [ɗ] | [ɖʱ] | [ɳ] | [ɾ] | [ʂ] | |
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| dental | deva. | त | थ | द | | ध | न | ल | स | | |
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| trans. | t | th | d | | dh | n | l | s | | |
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| IPA | [t̪] | [t̪ʰ] | [d̪] | | [d̪ʱ] | [n] | [l] | [s] | | |
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| labial | deva. | प | फ | ब | ॿ | भ | म | व | | | | |
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| trans. | p | ph | b | ḇ | bh | m | v | | | | |
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| IPA | [p] | [pʰ] | [b] | [ɓ] | [bʱ] | [m] | [ʋ]/[v]/[w] | | | | |
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The़ (नुक़्ता,nuqtā) diacritic describes sounds not found in Sanskrit, and therefore not represented by standard Devanagari. Most of these sounds are found in Persian and English loanwords.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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| deva. | क़ | ख़ | ग़ | ज़ | फ़ | ड़ | ढ़ |
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| trans. | q | x | ġ | z | f | ṛ | ṛh |
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| IPA | [k], [q] | [x] | [ɣ] | [z] | [f] | [ɽ] | [ɽʱ] |
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The (अनुस्वार,anusvara) is "transliterated" according to its context in a word. Basically, the consonant (or lack thereof) immediately following the nasal vowel determines exactly how the transliteration will occur.
- First, a tilde diacritic is added to the nasalized vowel
- ã, ā̃, ẽ, ĩ, ī̃, ũ, ū̃, etc.
- If a consonant follows the nasalized vowel, the transliteration of the consonant's corresponding nasal consonant follows.
- Gutturals (क, ख, ग, घ, ह) will use ṅ (forङ)
- Dentals (त, थ, द, ध, ल, स) will use n (forन)
- Labials (प, फ, ब, भ, व) will use m (forम), etc.
- — 'n' and 'm' are disambiguated fromन andम.
- George Cardona and Dhanesh Jain, editors (2003),The Indo-Aryan Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), Routledge,→ISBN, page692
- Nihalani, Paroo (1995), “Sindhi”, inJournal of the International Phonetic Association, volume25, number 2,→JSTOR, pages95–98