Harvard-Kyoto Harvard-Kyoto

Harvard-Kyoto - Definition and Overview

The Kyoto-Harvard Convention is a system for transliterating the Sanskrit language in ASCII. It is predominantly used informally in e-mail, and for electronic texts. The Devanagari alphabet is transliterated thus:

a A i I u U R RR lR lRR e ai o au M H
k kh g gh G c ch j jh J
T Th D Dh N t th d dh n
p ph b bh m y r l v z S s h

Symbols by sound-class

Vowels:

simple vowels:
a i u
long vowels:
A I U
sonorants:
R RR L
diphtongs
e ai o au

Consonants:

semivowels:
y r l v
gutturals:
k kh g gh G
palatals:
c ch j jh J
cerebrals
T Th D Dh N
dentals
t th d dh n
labials
p ph b bh m
sibilants:
z S s
voiced spirant:
h
voiceless spirant (visarga')
H
nasalization (anusvara)
M
elision (avagraha)
'

See also

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