Wiktionary:Kham transliteration

These are the rules concerning transliteration in Sheshi Kham and Gamale Kham entries.

Vowels

Systems for Romanizing Kham

Devanagari	Wiktionary	IPA
अ	a	ə
आ	ā	ɐ
इ/ई	i/ī	i
इ़	ü	y
उ/ऊ	u/ū	u
उ़	ï	ɯ
ए	e	e, ɛ
ए़	ø	ø
ऐ	ai	əj
ओ	o	o
औ	au	əw
ः	h, ḥ	V̤
ँ	◌̃	◌̃
ं	◌̃, ṅ, n, ṇ, ñ	◌̃, ŋ, n
ॱσ	σ'	σʔ
ॽ	’	ʔ

Consonants

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Deva.	ज़	झ़	न्ह	म्ह	व़	ह्ल	ह्व	ह्व़
trans.	z	zh	nh	mh	ẏ	hl	hw	hẏ
IPA	[z]	[zV̤]	[n̥]	[m̥]	[ɥ]	[ɬ]	[ʍ]	[ɥ̊]

Systems for Romanizing Kham

Devanagari	Wiktionary	IPA
क	k	k
ख	kh	kʰ
ग	g	ɡ
घ	gh	ɡV̤
ङ	ṅ	ŋ
च	c	t͡s
छ	ch	t͡sʰ
ज	j	d͡z
झ	jh	d͡zV̤
ञ	ñ	n
ट	ṭ	t
ठ	ṭh	tʰ
ड	ḍ	d
ढ	ḍh	dV̤
ण	ṇ	n
त	t	t
थ	th	tʰ
द	d	d
ध	dh	dV̤
न	n	n
प	p	p
फ	ph	pʰ
ब	b	b
भ	bh	bV̤
म	m	m
य	y	j
र	r	r
ल	l	l
व	w	w
श	ś	ç
ष	ṣ	s
स	s	s
ह	h	h

References

• Wilde, Christopher P. (2016) “Gamale Kham Orthography”, in Gamale Kham Phonology Revisited, with Devanagari-based Orthography and Lexicon, Asia-Pacific Linguistics