These are the rules concerning transliteration in Kaitag entries.
| Soviet (Wiktionary standard) | Transliteration (Wiktionary standard) | Alkaitagi (Magomed Magomedov) | IPA | example Soviet | example Alkaitagi | main feature | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| а | a | а | a | vowel | |||
| б | b | б | b | voiced | |||
| в | v | в | β | fricative | |||
| г | g | г | g | voiced | |||
| гв | gv | gʷ | labialized | ||||
| гъ | ɣ | ғ | ʁ | гъез, гъял, гъаил | ғез, ғял, ғаил | fricative | |
| гъв | ɣv | ғв | ʁʷ | гъвяри, гъвярцӏли | ғвяри, ғвярцьли | labialized | |
| гъва | ɣva | ғо | ʁʷa | гъвайгъвай | ғойғой | The labialization followed by /a/ is the most common; therefore, Alkaitagi has repurposed the grapheme <o> to represent a combination of labialization of the preceding consonant and /a/; in other words, <o> = /ʷa/. This works because there is no /o/, so <о> can be put to use for something else. | |
| д | d | д | d | voiced | |||
| е | e | е | e | vowel | |||
| ж | ž | ж | ʒ | fricative | |||
| з | z | з | z | fricative | |||
| и | i | и | i | vowel | |||
| й | j | й | j | ||||
| к | k | к | kʰ | aspirated | |||
| хх | ꭓꭓ | хх | χː | geminated | |||
| кк | kk | кк | kː | geminated | |||
| кӏ | ḳ | кь | kʼ | кӏатӏа, кӏашша, кӏуркӏур | кьатьа, кьашша, кьуркьур | ejective | |
| хъ | q | ҡ | qʰ | хъерхъил | ҡерҡил | aspirated | |
| къ | ɢ | ҡҡ | qː | къат, къаттила | ҡҡат, ҡҡаттила | geminated | |
| къкъ, хъхъ | ɢɢ, qq | ҡҡ | qː | акъкъи, цакъкъара | аҡҡи, цаҡҡара | ||
| кь | q̇ | ҡь | qʼ | кьаст, кьалам | ҡьаст, ҡьалам | ejective | |
| л | l | л | l | sonorant | |||
| м | m | м | m | sonorant | |||
| н | n | н | n | sonorant | |||
| - | о | ʷa | |||||
| п | p | п | pʰ | aspirated | |||
| пп | pp | пп | pː | geminated | |||
| пӏ | ṗ | пь | pʼ | ejective | |||
| р | r | р | r | sonorant | |||
| с | s | с | s | fricative | |||
| т | t | т | tʰ | aspirated | |||
| тт | tt | тт | tt | geminated | |||
| тӏ | ṭ | ть | tʼ | ejective | |||
| у | u | у | u | vowel | |||
| х | ꭓ | х | x | fricative | |||
| хь | x | ҳ | ç | хьулун | ҳулун | fricative | |
| ц | c | ц | t͡sʰ | aspirated | |||
| цц | cc | цц | t͡sː | geminated | |||
| цӏ | c̣ | ць | t͡sʼ | ejective | |||
| ч | č | ч | t͡ʃʰ | aspirated | |||
| чч | čč | чч | t͡ʃː | geminated | |||
| чӏ | č̣ | чь | t͡ʃʼ | ejective | |||
| ш | š | ш | ʃ | fricative | |||
| гь | h | ь | h | гьебергвара | ьебергора | fricative | |
| гьв | hv | hʷ | labialized | ||||
| ъ | ʾ | ъ | ʔ | Neither the Soviet nor Alkaitagi orthographies write out the obligatory glottal stop preceding vowel-initial words (i.e. vowel-initial words are actually not vowel-initial). | |||
| я | ə | я | æ | vowel | The Soviet orthography is ambiguous as to the value of <я> and other yotted vowels in the initial position since they can stabd for both /æ/ and /ja/, but in Alkaitagi orthography, я is always /æ/ and /ja/, /jæ/ are always <йа>, <йя>. | ||
| хӏ | ḥ | ħ | fricative | Alkaitagi hasn't come up with palochkaless equivalents of these graphemes since /ħ/ and /ʡ/ have merged with /h/ and /ʔ/ in Upper Kaitag | |||
| гӏ | ʿ | ʡ | гӏябал, гӏяркьвя | ябал, ярҡьвя | Because /ʡ/ has merged with /ʔ/ in Upper Kaitag, and /ʔ/ isn't spelled out word-initially, Alkaitagi skips this character when writing words in Upper Kaitag. |
Attestations in Alkaitagi's alphabet (for example in {{R:xdq:Magomedov:2025}}) should be normalized to Wiktionary standard.