Notes
1. Romanize ށް as ḫ when it doubles the following consonant or is used as a glottal stop.
| aḫvana | ައ ްށަވ ަނ | | |
| maśaḫ | ަމ ަށ ްށ |
2. When used in medial position without ް◌ (sukūn), romanize ނ as ṁ.
| aṁga | އ ަނގ | | |
| haṁdu | ހ ުނދ |
3. Romanization of އ.
- (a) When used in the initial position with any vowel sign, do not romanize.
| ata | ައ ަތ | | |
| idu | ިއ ުދ | ||
| umuru | ުއ ުމ ުރ | ||
| egahugi | ެއ ަގުހިގ |
- (b) When used in the medial position with any vowel sign, romanize as ’.
| ha’hūnu | ަހިއޫހ ުނ | | |
| fa’isa | ަފިއ ަސ | ||
| k’īn | ްކީއ ްނ |
- (c) When a consonant follows ްއ in medial position, double it in romanization.
| cappalu | ަޗ ްއ ަޕ ުލ | | |
| appacci | ައ ްއ ަޕ ްއިޗ |
- (d) When used in final position with ް◌ (sukūn), romanize as h.
| boh | ޮބ ްއ | | |
| biheh | ިބ ެހ ްއ |
4. Romanize ްތ followed by another ތas t.
| atteri | ައ ްތ ެތިރ | |
5. Only the vowel forms that appear at the beginning of a syllable are listed. When the vowels follow a consonant, އis not used and the vowel signs are added to the consonant forms. Do not distinguish between the two in romanization.
6. ް◌ (called sukūn) generally indicates omission of an inherent vowel associated with a consonant. For its other uses, see Notes 1, 3, and 4.
