with a line attached below—a diacritical bar: , , , . In Tamil script, the special character (, ) is used like nuqta to represent non-native consonants. In Thaana script of Maldives, one or many nuqtas are added to their native consonants to represent Perso-Arabic consonants, and each phoneme is encoded as a whole in the Unicode block (instead of a separate codepoint for the diacritic). See also Hindustani phonology Hindi-Urdu transliteration Hunterian transliteration References Works cited Bibliography Vajpeyi, K. D. (Kishorī Dās Vājpayī; किशोरीदास वाजपेयी), Hindī shabdanushāsan हिन्दी शब्दनुशासन (1957, 1958, 1973, 1976, 1988). External links Nuqte ka funda | नुक़्ते का फ़ंडा | نقطے کا فنڈا (in Hindi/Urdu) An Introduction to Indic scripts SCRIPT GRAMMAR FOR HINDI LANGUAGE Brahmic diacritics Hindustani orthography