व़

Translingual

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /wə/
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /w/

Letter

व़ (w)

1. used to transcribe the /w/ sound in Devanagari

Eastern Magar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wʱə/

Letter

व़ (wh)

1. Used to represent the [wʱ] sound in Magar. [1]

Gamale Kham

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɥə/

Letter

व़ (ẏa)

1. Used to represent the [ɥ] sound in Gamale Kham

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w/

Letter

व़ • (w)

1. Used to represent the [w] sound in old Nepali texts, while the glyph व was used instead of ब to represent [b]. [2]

See also

• (Devanagari script letters) अ,‎ आ,‎ इ,‎ ई,‎ उ,‎ ऊ,‎ ऋ,‎ ऌ,‎ ए,‎ ऐ,‎ ओ,‎ औ,‎ अं,‎ अः,‎ अँ,‎ क,‎ ख,‎ ग,‎ घ,‎ ङ,‎ च,‎ छ,‎ ज,‎ झ,‎ ञ,‎ ट,‎ ठ,‎ ड,‎ ढ,‎ ण,‎ त,‎ थ,‎ द,‎ ध,‎ न,‎ प,‎ फ,‎ ब,‎ भ,‎ म,‎ य,‎ र,‎ ल,‎ व,‎ श,‎ ष,‎ स,‎ ह,‎ क्ष,‎ त्र,‎ ज्ञ ^{(Category: Nepali letters) [edit]}

References

• Wilde, Christopher P. (2016) “व़”, in Gamale Kham Phonology Revisited, with Devanagari-based Orthography and Lexicon, Asia-Pacific Linguistics
• Results of the Nepal German Project on High Mountain Archaeology: Ten documents from Mustang in the Nepali language (1667-1975 A.D.). (2001). Germany: VGH Wissenschaftsverlag.