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Devanagari is a writing system used for several Indic languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Sanskrit, and others. Because there are several incompatible methods for romanizing Devanagari it can sometimes be helpful to specify which romanization method is being used for those languages. IAST is the current academic standard for romanization of Devanagari.

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Example

{{lang|sa|म}} {{IAST|ma}}

gives:

Devanagari is a writing system used for several Indic languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Sanskrit, and others. Because there are several incompatible methods for romanizing Devanagari it can sometimes be helpful to specify which romanization method is being used for those languages. IAST is the current academic standard for romanization of Devanagari.

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