This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Konkani. It is now in a very early stage of development, so some changes may occur to it in the future as the creator see fit. For any questions please use the email link below.

Kōṅkaṇī/कोंकणी
The Konkani Latin alphabet

Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)

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Latin letter

Devanagari letter

IPA

1

A a

 अ

[ɐ]
2 Ā ā आ [ɑː]
3 � � ऍ [�]
4

B b

 ब

[b]
5 Bh bh भ [bʱ]
6

C c

 च

[c]
7 Ch ch छ [cʰ]
8 Č č च़ [t͡ʃ]
9

D d

 द

[d̪]
10 Dh dh ध [d̪ʱ]
11 Ḍ ḍ ड [ɖ]
12 Ḍh ḍh ढ [ɖʱ]
13

E e

 ऎ

[e]
14 Ē ē ए [eː]
15

F f

 फ़

[f]
16

G g

 ग

[g]
17 Gh gh घ [gʱ]
18

H h

 ह

[ɦ]
19

Ḥ ḥ

 ः

[h]
20

I i

 इ

[ɪ]
21 Ī ī ई [iː]
22

J j

 ज

[ɟ]
23 Jh jh झ [ɟʱ]
24 J̌ ǰ ज़ [d͡ʒ]
25

K k

 क

[k]
26 Kh kh ख [kʰ]
27

L l

 ल

[l̪]
28 Ľ ľ ळ [ɺ̢]
29 Ḷ ḷ ऌ [l̩]
30 Ḹ ḹ ॡ [l̩ː]
31

M m

 म

[m]
32

N n

 न

[n̪]
33 Ṇ ṇ ण [ɳ]
34 � � ञ [ɲ]
35 Ṅ ṅ ङ [ŋ]
36

O o

 ओ

[o]
37 Ō ō ऒ [oː]
38

P p

 प

[p]
39 Ph ph फ [pʰ]
40

R r

 र

[r]
41 Ṛ ṛ ऋ [ɹ̩]
42 Ṝ ṝ ॠ [ɹ̩ː]
43

S s

 स

[s]
44 Ṣ ṣ ष [ʂ]
45

Š š

 श

[ɕ]
46

T t

 त

[t̪]
47 Th th थ [t̪ʰ]
48 Ṭ ṭ ट

[ʈ]
49 Ṭh ṭh ठ [ʈʰ]
50

U u

 उ

[u]
51 Ū ū ऊ [uː]
52

V v

 व

[ʋ]
53

Y y

 य

[j]
There would not be letters q, w, x, z, which would be replaced by k, v, ks, s, respectively.

Diphthongs
ai ऐ [ʌj]
au औ [ʌʋ]

Text example
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