Standard Alphabet of Mahl Transliteration

The Standard Alphabet of Mahl Transliteration (SAMT) is a transliteration method that allows transliteration of Mahl scripts. It is sometimes called the International Alphabet of Mahl Transliteration (IAMT).

The tables below give the Devanagari equivalent of each letter but include letters from Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali and Arabic to illustrate the transliteration of non-Devanagari characters.

The Standard Alphabet of Mahl Transliteration, intended for the romanization of all Indic scripts, is an extension of IAST, but a few letters do not agree with its IAST equivalent.

Transliteration comparison

Vowels

Tāna	Mālē Leṭin	Devanāgarī for Mahal	SAMT	Devanāgarī	Other	IPA
އަ	a	अ	a	अ		[a]
އާ	aa	आ	ā	आ		[aː]
އި	i	इ	i	इ		[i]
އީ	ee	ई	ī	ई		[iː]
އު	u	उ	u	उ		[u]
އޫ	oo	ऊ	ū	ऊ		[uː]
އެ	e	ऍ	e		ಎ	[e]
އޭ	ey	ए	ē	ए		[eː]
އޮ	o	ऑ	o		ಒ	[o]
އޯ	oa	ओ	ō	ओ		[oː]
އައި	ai	ऐ	ai	ऐ		[ai]
އައު	au	औ	au	औ		[au]

Consonants

Tāna	Mālē Leṭin	Devanāgarī for Mahal	SAMT	Devanāgarī	IPA
ހަ	ha	ह	ha	ह	[ha]
ށަ	rha	ऱ	ṛa		[ʂa]
ނަ	na	न	na	न
ރަ	ra	र	ra	र
ބަ	ba	ब	ba	ब
ޅަ	lha		ḷa
ކަ	ka		ka
އަ	a		a
ވަ	va		va
މަ	ma		ma
ފަ	fa		fa
ދަ	dha		da
ތަ	tha		ta
ލަ	la		la
ގަ	ga		ga
	dna		ṇa
ސަ	sa		sa
ޑަ	da		ḍa
ޒަ	za		za
ޓަ	ta		ṭa
ޏަ	gna		ña
ޔަ	ya		ya
ޕަ	pa		pa
ޖަ	ja		ja
ޗަ	cha		ca

Extra letters

Tāna	Mālē Leṭin	Devanāgarī for Mahal	SAMT	Devanāgarī	IPA
ޤަ	qa	क़	qa	क़	[qa]
ޙަ	h'a		ḥa
ޚަ	kha		xa
ޜަ	zha / xa		ʒa
ޢަ	'a		'a
ޣަ	gha		ġa
ޥަ	wa		wa
ޛަ	dh'a		ẕa
ޠަ	th"a		a
ޡަ	dh"a		ẓa
ޘަ	th'a		ṡa
ޞަ	s"a		şa
ޟަ	sh'a		ḑa
ޝަ	s'a		śa

Special characters

Tāna	Mālē Leṭin	Devanāgarī for Mahal	SAMT	Devanāgarī	Other	IPA
އަން	an	अं	aṅ , aṃ	अं