Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c17: Scheme of Transliteration and Diacritical Marks
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c17
- Language
- English
Scheme of Transliteration and Diacritical Marks
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Tamil
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| Vowels | : | a ā i ī u ū e ē ai o ō au ḵ |
| Consonants | : | k ṅ c ñ ṭ ṇ t n p m y r l v ḻ ḷ ṟ ṉ |
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Sanskrit
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| Vowels | : | a ā i ī u ū ṛi ē ai ō au ṁ ḥ |
| Consonants | : | k kh g gh ṅ c ch j jh ñ ṭ ṭh ḍ ḍh ṇ |
| | | t th d dh n p ph b bh m y r l v ś sh s h |
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Notes on transliteration
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1. These are the two basic schemes of transliteration for the Dravidian and Indo-Aryan languages. See also Palaeographic Charts 1 (Brāhmī) and 2 (Tamil-Brāhmī).
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2. The Brāhmī letters *dh* and *s* which occur marginally in Early Tamil-Brāhmī inscriptions are represented by **த** (bold) and ஸ respectively in transcription of the texts in the Tamil script.
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3. The rare Asokan Brāhmī *ḍ* is referred to in the discussion on the origin of *ḻ* (see also Palaeographic Chart 3).
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4. Diacritical marks are not added to modern place names and Indian words commonly used in English.
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5. Capital letters are not used in transliterated words printed in italics except for bibliographical references.
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Note on nomenclature of scripts
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See section 5.1 for the nomenclature of Brāhmī and related scripts as adopted in this work.