TRANSLITERATION SCHEME

TRANSLITERATION SCHEME - devamrutam.blogspot.com 

In devamrutam website, we have used three language scripts, english, sanskrit and tamizh. The following phonetics scheme has been used for the english transliteration of tamizh and sanskrit alphabets. Kindly follow the scheme while reading for proper pronunciation of the words.

VOWELS

a for அ, अ,  aa/A for sound ஆ, आ
i for இ,  ee/I for sound ஈ, ई
u for उ, உ,  oo/U for sound ஊ, ऊ
E for sound ஏ,ए,  ai for sound ஐ, ऐ 
o for ஒ,  O for sound ஓ, ऒ
ou/au for sound ஔ, औ
m for अं (m sound),  : for अः,  H for ஃ

CONSONANTS

ka for sound க, क, kha for sound ख, ga for ग, gha for sound घ, nga for ङ 

cha for sound ச, च, Cha for sound छ, ja for sound ज, jha for sound झ, ngya for ञ

ta for sound த, त, tha for sound थ, da for sound द, dha for sound ध , na for sound न, ன, ந

Ta for sound ट, Tha for sound ठ, Da for sound ड, Dha for sound ढ, Na for sound ण, ண

pa for sound ப, प, bha for sound ब, Bha for sound भ, ma for sound ம, म

ra for sound ர, Ra for sound ற, la for sound ल, ல La for sound ळ, ள

sha for sound श,ஷ, Sha for sound ष, ஶ, sa for sound ஸ

ksha for sound क्ष, tra for sound त्र, gya for sound ज्ञ

Ru for ऋ 

SOME SPECIAL USAGES

RR for ற்று as in காற்று