व़

Translingual

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /wə/
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /w/

Letter

व़ (w)

1. used to transcribe the /w/ sound in Devanagari

Eastern Magar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wʱə/

Letter

व़ (wh)

1. Used to represent the [wʱ] sound in Magar.

Gamale Kham

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɥə/

Letter

व़ (ẏa)

1. Used to represent the [ɥ] sound in Gamale Kham

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w/

Letter

व़ • (w)

1. Used to represent the [w] sound in old Nepali texts, while the glyph व was used instead of ब to represent [b].

See also

• Devanagari script letters: अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ऌ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, क्ष, त्र, ज्ञ ^[edit]

References

• Wilde, Christopher P. (2016) “व़”, in Gamale Kham Phonology Revisited, with Devanagari-based Orthography and Lexicon, Asia-Pacific Linguistics
• Results of the Nepal German Project on High Mountain Archaeology: Ten documents from Mustang in the Nepali language (1667-1975 A.D.). (2001). Germany: VGH Wissenschaftsverlag.