Standard Alphabet of Mahl Transliteration

The Standard Alphabet of Mahl Transliteration (SAMT) is a transliteration method that allows transliteration of Indic scripts. It is some times 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 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		ə
އާ	aa	आ	ā	आ		ɑː
އި	i	इ	i	इ
އީ	ee	ई	ī	ई
އު	u	उ	u	उ
އޫ	oo	ऊ	ū	ऊ
އެ	e	ऍ	e		ಎ
އޭ	ey	ए	ē	ए
އޮ	o	ऑ	o		ಒ
އޯ	oa	ओ	ō	ओ
އައި	ai	ऐ	ai	ऐ
އައު	au	औ	au	औ

Consonants

Tāna	Mālē Leṭin	Devanāgarī for Mahal	SAMT	Devanāgarī
ހަ	ha	ह	ha	ह
ށަ	rha	ऱ	ṛa
ނަ	na	न	na	न
ރަ	ra	र	ra	र
ބަ	ba	ब	ba	ब

ḷ (lhaviyani) k (kaafu) a (alifu) v (vaavu) m (meemu) f (faafu) d (dhaalu) t (thaa) l (laamu) g (gaafu) ṇ (dnaviyani) s (seenu) ḍ (daviyani) ṭ (taviyani) ñ (nyaviyani) y (yaviyani) p (paviyani) j (javiyani) c (chaviyani) ś (sheenu) z (zaa) ḥ (h’aa – Muh’ammadhu) x (khaa – khaalidhu) ʒ (xaviyani - televixan) ‘ (‘ainu - mau’loomaathu) ġ (ghainu – ghairu) w (waavu – wah’ee) ẕ (dh’aa – usthaadh’) ţ (t’aa – t’aibaa) ẓ (z’aa – va+z’) ṡ (th’aa – kaarith’aa) q (qaafu – quru-aan) ş (s’aadhu – s’ih’h’athu) ḑ (l’aadhu – ramal’aan)

Extra letters

Tāna	Mālē Leṭin	Devanāgarī for Mahal	SAMT	Devanāgarī	Other	IPA
ޤަ	qa	क़	qa	क़

Special characters

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