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This document provides information on: 1) The vowels and diphthongs used in the Marathi alphabet, along with their traditional and new styles and romanization. 2) The consonants used in Marathi, grouped into gutturals, palatals, cerebrals, dentals, labials, semivowels, and sibilants. 3) Notes on anusvāra, visarga, and avagraha consonants and their romanization rules.

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Marathi PDF

This document provides information on: 1) The vowels and diphthongs used in the Marathi alphabet, along with their traditional and new styles and romanization. 2) The consonants used in Marathi, grouped into gutturals, palatals, cerebrals, dentals, labials, semivowels, and sibilants. 3) Notes on anusvāra, visarga, and avagraha consonants and their romanization rules.

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Marathi

Vowels and Diphthongs (see Note 1)

Traditional Style New style Romanization

अ अ a
आ आ ā
इ िअ i
ई अी ī
उ अु u
ऊ अू ū
ऋ अृ
ॠ अॄ
ऌ
ए अे e
अॅ अॅ ê
ऐ अै ai
ओ ओ o
ऑ ऑ ô
औ औ au

Consonants (see Note 2)

Gutturals Palatals Cerebrals Dentals

क ka च ca ट ṭa त ta

ख kha छ cha ठ ṭha थ tha

ग ga ज ja ड ḍa द da

घ gha झ jha ढ ḍha ध dha

ङ ṅa ञ ña ण ṇa न na

Labials Semivowels Sibilants Aspirate

प pa य ya श śa ह ha

फ pha र ra ष sha

ब ba ल la स sa

भ bha ळ ḷa

म ma व va

Anusvāra (see Note 3) Visarga Avagraha (see Note 4)


◌ं ◌ः ḥ ऽ ’ (apostrophe)
Notes

1. Only the vowel forms that appear at the beginning of a syllable are listed; the forms used for
vowels following a consonant can be found in grammars; no distinction between the two is
made in transliteration.

2. The vowel a is implicit after all consonants and consonant clusters and is supplied in
transliteration, with the following exceptions:
a) when another vowel is indicated by its appropriate sign; and
b) when the absence of any vowel is indicated by the subscript sign ( ◌् ) called halanta or
virāma.

3. Exception: Anusvāra is transliterated by:


a) ṅ before gutturals,
b) ñ before palatals,
c) ṇ before cerebrals,
d) n before dentals, and
e) m before labials.
In other circumstances it is transliterated by a tilde ( ) over the vowel.

4. When doubled, avagraha is transliterated by two apostrophes ( ’’ ).

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