Diacritics
Diacritics are used to change the pronunciation of a letter. They can change the vowel from the inherent /a/, mark a final /ŋ/, mark a final velar fricative /x/, or indicate a final consonant with no vowel:
| Latin Trans. |
Batak Diacritics | Latin Trans. |
Batak Diacritics with /ka/ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karo | Mand. | Pakp. | Sima. | Toba | Karo | Mand. | Pakp. | Sima. | Toba | ||
| -a | ka | ||||||||||
| -e | Read more about this topic: Batak Alphabet | ||||||||||