This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Sanskrit. 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.

Săskṛtam lātinī varṇamālā/संस्कृतम् लातिनी वर्णमाला
The Sanskrit Latin alphabet

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

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Latin letter

Devanagari letter

IPA

1

A a

 अ

[ə]
  ai ऐ [əi]
  au औ [əu]
2 Ā ā आ [aː]
3

B b

 ब

[b]
4 Bh bh भ [bʱ]
5

C c

 च

[c]
6 Ch ch छ [cʰ]
7

D d

 द

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

E e

 ए

[eː]
12

G g

 ग

[g]
13 Gh gh घ [gʱ]
14

H h

 ह, ः

[ɦ~h]
15

I i

 इ

[ɪ]
16 Ī ī ई [iː]
17

J j

 ज

[ɟ]
18 Jh jh झ [ɟʱ]
19

K k

 क

[k]
20 Kh kh ख [kʰ]
21

L l

 ल

[l̪]
22 Ḷ ḷ ऌ [l̩]
23 Ḹ ḹ ॡ [l̩ː]
24

M m

 म

[m]
25

N n

 न

[n̪]
26 Ṇ ṇ ण [ɳ]
27 Ń ń ञ [ɲ]
28 Ṅ ṅ ङ [ŋ]
29

O o

 ओ

[oː]
30

P p

 प

[p]
31 Ph ph फ [pʰ]
32

R r

 र

[r]
33 Ṛ ṛ ऋ [r̩]
34 Ṝ ṝ ॠ [r̩ː]
35

S s

 स

[s]
36 Ṣ ṣ ष [ʂ]
37

Š š

 श

[ɕ]
38

T t

 त

[t̪]
39 Th th थ [t̪ʰ]
40 Ṭ ṭ ट

[ʈ]
41 Ṭh ṭh ठ [ʈʰ]
42

U u

 उ

[ʊ]
43 Ū ū ऊ [uː]
44

V v

 व

[ʋ]
45

Y y

 य

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

Text example
First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Sarve mānavāh janmanā svatantrāh vaiyaktikagauraveṇa adhikāreṇa ca tulyāh eva, sarveṣā̃ vivekah ātmasākṣī ca vartate, sarve paraspară bhrātṛbhāvena vyavahareyuh.

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