These are the rules concerning transliteration in Nepali entries.
Wiktionary's system for the transliteration of Devanagari for Nepali uses the International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST) system with a few modications. The changes from the IAST standard are meant for convenience.
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glottal | deva. | ह | |||||||||||||||||||
trans. | h | ||||||||||||||||||||
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velar | deva. | क | ख | ग | घ | ङ | |||||||||||||||
trans. | k | kh | g | gh | ṅ | ||||||||||||||||
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palatal | deva. | य | |||||||||||||||||||
trans. | y | ||||||||||||||||||||
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retroflex | deva. | ट | ठ | ड | ढ | ण | |||||||||||||||
trans. | ṭ | ṭh | ḍ | ḍh | ṇ | ||||||||||||||||
IPA | / | ||||||||||||||||||||
alveolar | deva. | च | छ | ज | झ | ञ/न | र | ल | श | ष | स | ||||||||||
trans. | c | ch | j | jh | ñ/n | r | l | ś | ṣ | s | |||||||||||
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dental | deva. | त | थ | द | ध | ||||||||||||||||
trans. | t | th | d | dh | |||||||||||||||||
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labial | deva. | प | फ | ब | भ | म | व | ||||||||||||||
trans. | p | ph | b | bh | m | w/v | |||||||||||||||
IPA | / |
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short | independent | अ | इ | उ | ऋ | ए | ओ |
diacritic | inherent | ि | ु | ृ | े | ो | |
trans. | a | i | u | r̥ | e | o | |
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long | independent | आ | ई | ऊ | ऐ | औ | |
diacritic | ा | ी | ू | ै | ौ | ||
trans. | ā | ī | ū | ai | au | ||
IPA |
The nasal diacritic ं (̃) (अनुस्वार, anusvāra) is transliterated according to its context in a word. The consonant immediately following the nasal diacritic determines exactly how the transliteration will occur.
The nasal diacritic ँ (̃) (चन्द्रबिन्दु, candrabindu) is transliterated as a tilde diacritic (̃) above the nasalized vowel.
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Deva. | क़ | ख़ | ग़ | ज़ | श़/झ़ | फ़ | ड़ | ढ़ | थ़ | द़ | ऴ | ऱ | व़ |
trans. | q | x | ġ | z | ž | f | ṛ | ṛh | θ | ð | ḻ | ṟ | V |
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