ភាសាបាលី: សំណេរបាលី

សំណេរបាលី 
 អក្ខរក្រមបាលី 

ស្តេច អសោក (Ashoka) បានសាងសង់សរសរស្តំ (pillar)​ មួយចំនួន ព្រមទាំង​បាន​បញ្ញត្ត (ហាម)​ សរសេរភាសាប្រាក្រឹតតិចបំផុត ៣ តំបន់ ជាអក្សរ​ព្រាហ្មណ៍,Inscriptions of Asoka by Alexander Cunningham, Eugen Hultzsch. Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing. Calcutta: 1877 ដែលភាសាទាំងនោះស្រដៀងនឹងភាសាបាលី។ តាមការស្រាវជ្រាវ ផ្អែកលើ​ការ​​សាក​សួរ និង សង្កេត, គេជឿថា ព្រះត្រៃបិដក​​បាលី ​​ត្រូវ​បានសរសេរជាភាសាសីហឡ (Sinhala, Sinhalese) មុនគេ ​។  នៅក្នុងគម្ពីរមហាវង្ស (Mahavamsa) (កាលប្បវត្តិនៃ​ប្រទេស​ស្រីលង្កា), កំឡុងពេលមានទុរ្ភិក្ស (កង្វះ​អាហារ) ក្នុង​ប្រទេស, ព្រះសង្ឃជាសាវ័កនៃព្រះពុទ្ធ បានចារព្រះត្រៃបិដក ក្នុងកំឡុងរាជ នៃ​ស្តេច វដ្តគាមនី អភយៈ (Vattagamani Abhaya) ក្នុងពុទ្ធសករាជ ៤៤៤ (១០០ ឆ្នាំ មុនគ្រិស្ត​សករាជ) ។ ការ​សរសេរ​បាលី ​ត្រូវ​បាន​ថែ​រក្សា​ក្នុងប្រព័ន្ធអក្សរ​សកល តែ​វា​ត្រូវ​បាន​បញ្ជាក់​ពី​តម្លៃ​ជាក់​ស្តែង​គួរ​ឲ្យ​ភ្ញាក់​ផ្អើល​នៃ​អក្សរ​ដទៃ ៗ ។

ប្រទេស​កាន់​តាម​ពុទ្ធសាសនា​និកាយ​ថេរវាទ​នីមួយៗ បាន​កត់ត្រា​សំនៀង​អត្ថបទបាលី​ក្នុង​​ព្រះត្រ័យបិដក​ដោយ​ប្រើ​អក្សរ​នៃ​ជាតិ​របស់​ខ្លួន ដែល​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​មាន​សំនឿង​អាន​ ខុស​ប្លែក​ពី​គ្នា​ខ្លះ​ៗ ។ នៅប្រទេសកម្ពុជា អត្ថបទបាលីត្រូវបានសរសេរជាអក្សរ​ខ្មែរ, ប្រទេសស្រីលង្កា ប្រើ​អក្សរ​សីហឡ, នៅ​ប្រទេស​ភូមា (មីយ៉ាន់ម៉ា) ប្រើ​អក្សរ​មន, នៅ​ប្រទេសថៃ​ ប្រើ​​អក្សរ​ថៃ(ឆ្នាំ ១៨៩៣), នៅ​ប្រទេស​ឡាវ ប្រើ​អក្សរ​ឡាវ, នៅ​ប្រទេស​ឥណ្ឌា ប្រើ​ទេវនាគរី(Devanāgarī)។ 

ចាប់តាំងពីសតវត្យទី ១៩, ភាសាបាលីត្រូវបានសរសេរជាអក្សរ​ឡាតាំង (Latin) ទុក​ជា​គោល​សម្រាប់​ផ្ទៀង​ផ្ទាត់ និង​ សម្រាប់​អ្នក​សិក្សាស្រាវជ្រាវ ទូទៅ ។  An alternate scheme devised by Frans Velthuis allows for typing without diacritics using plain ASCII methods, but is arguably less readable than the standard Rhys Davids system, which uses diacritical marks.

អក្ខរៈសម្រាប់​ប្រើក្នុងភាសាបាលីមាន៤១តួ គឺ សរៈ(ស្រៈ) ៨ តួ និង ព្យញ្ជនៈ ៣៣ តួ
 ជាអក្សរឡាតំាង a-ā-i-ī-u-ū-e-o-ṃ-k-kh-g-gh-ṅ-c-ch-j-jh-ñ-ṭ-ṭh-ḍ-ḍh-ṇ-t-th-d-dh-n-p-ph-b-bh-m-y-r-l-ḷ-v-s-h
 ជាអក្សរខ្មែរ៖
 ស្រៈនិស្ស័យ= -ា-ិ-ី-ុ-ូ-េ-ោ
 ស្រៈពេញតួ= អ-អា-ឥ-ឦ-ឧ-ឩ-ឯ-ឱ
 ព្យញ្ជនៈ= ក-ខ-គ-ឃ-ង-ច-ឆ-ជ-ឈ-ញ-ដ-ឋ-ឌ-ឍ-ណ-ត-ថ-ទ-ធ-ន-ប-ផ-ព-ភ-ម-យ-រ-ល-វ-ស-ហ-ឡ-ំ

 អក្សរសព្ទបាលីលើគណិតូបករណ៍ (កំណត់សូរ) 

There are several fonts to use for Pali transliteration. However, older ASCII fonts such as Leedsbit PaliTranslit, Times_Norman, Times_CSX+, Skt Times, Vri RomanPali CN/CB etc., are not recommendable since they are not compatible with one another and technically out of date. ផ្ទុយទៅវិញ ពុម្ពអក្សរដែលមានមូលដ្ឋានលើស្តង់ដារយូនីកូដត្រូវបានណែនាំ ពីព្រោះយូនីកូដហាក់ដូចជាអនាគតសម្រាប់ពុម្ពអក្សរទាំងអស់ ហើយដោយសារតែវាងាយស្រួលចល័តទៅគ្នាទៅវិញទៅមក។

ទោះយ៉ាងណាក៏ដោយ មិនមែនពុម្ពអក្សរយូនីកូដទាំងអស់មានតួអក្សរចាំបាច់នោះទេ។ ដើម្បីបង្ហាញឱ្យបានត្រឹមត្រូវនូវសញ្ញាសម្គាល់ទាំងអស់ដែលប្រើសម្រាប់ភាសាបាលីរ៉ូម៉ាំង (ឬសម្រាប់បញ្ហានោះជាភាសាសំស្ក្រឹត) ពុម្ពអក្សរយូនីកូដត្រូវតែមានជួរតួអក្សរខាងក្រោម៖

 Basic Latin: U+0000 – U+007F
 Latin-1 Supplement: U+0080 – U+00FF
 Latin Extended-A: U+0100 – U+017F
 Latin Extended-B: U+0180 – U+024F
 Latin Extended Additional: U+1E00 – U+1EFF

Some Unicode fonts freely available for typesetting Romanized Pali are as follows:
 Google's Chrome OS has 3 font families which can be downloaded from Google Font Directory . Even better, they can be used as embedded in websites to show the Pali text that users can view without having the fonts on their machines.
 Tinos is a serif font. Regular, italic, bold and bold italic styles.
 Arimo is a sans-serif font. Regular, italic, bold and bold italic styles.
 Cousine is a monospaced font. Regular, italic, bold and bold italic styles.
The Pali Text Society  recommends VU-Times and Gandhari Unicode  for Windows and Linux Computers.
The Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library recommends Times Ext Roman, and provides links to several Unicode diacritic Windows and Mac fonts usable for typing Pali together with ratings and installation instructions. It also provides macros for typing diacritics in OpenOffice and MS Office.
SIL: International provides Charis SIL and Charis SIL Compact , Doulos SIL, Gentium, Gentium Basic, Gentium Book Basic  fonts. Of them, Charis SIL, Gentium Basic and Gentium Book Basic have all 4 styles (regular, italic, bold, bold-italic); so can provide publication quality typesetting.
Libertine Openfont Project provides the Linux Libertine font (4 serif styles and many Opentype features) and Linux Biolinum (4 sans-serif styles) at the Sourceforge.
Junicode (short for Junius-Unicode) is a Unicode font for medievalists, but it provides all diacritics for typing Pali. It has 4 styles and some Opentype features such as Old Style for numerals.
Thryomanes  includes all the Roman-alphabet characters available in Unicode along with a subset of the most commonly used Greek and Cyrillic characters, and is available in normal, italic, bold, and bold italic.
GUST  (Polish TeX User Group) provides Latin Modern  and TeX Gyre  fonts. Each font has 4 styles, with the former finding most acceptance among the LaTeX users while the latter is a relatively new family. Of the latter, each typeface in the following families has nearly 1250 glyphs and is available in PostScript, TeX and OpenType formats.
 The TeX Gyre Adventor family of sans serif fonts is based on the URW Gothic L family. The original font, ITC Avant Garde Gothic, was designed by Herb Lubalin and Tom Carnase in 1970.
 The TeX Gyre Bonum family of serif fonts is based on the URW Bookman L family. The original font, Bookman or Bookman Old Style, was designed by Alexander Phemister in 1860.
 The TeX Gyre Chorus is a font based on the URW Chancery L Medium Italic font. The original, ITC Zapf Chancery, was designed in 1979 by Hermann Zapf.
 The TeX Gyre Cursor family of monospace serif fonts is based on the URW Nimbus Mono L family. The original font, Courier, was designed by Howard G. (Bud) Kettler in 1955.
 The TeX Gyre Heros family of sans serif fonts is based on the URW Nimbus Sans L family. The original font, Helvetica, was designed in 1957 by Max Miedinger.
 The TeX Gyre Pagella family of serif fonts is based on the URW Palladio L family. The original font, Palatino, was designed by Hermann Zapf in the 1940's.
 The TeX Gyre Schola family of serif fonts is based on the URW Century Schoolbook L family. The original font, Century Schoolbook, was designed by Morris Fuller Benton in 1919.
 The TeX Gyre Termes family of serif fonts is based on the Nimbus Roman No9 L family. The original font, Times Roman, was designed by Stanley Morison together with Starling Burgess and Victor Lardent.

John Smith provides IndUni Opentype fonts, based upon URW++ fonts. Of them:
 IndUni-C is Courier-lookalike;
 IndUni-H is Helvetica-lookalike;
 IndUni-N is New Century Schoolbook-lookalike;
 IndUni-P is Palatino-lookalike;
 IndUni-T is Times-lookalike;
 IndUni-CMono is Courier-lookalike but monospaced;
An English Buddhist monk titled Bhikkhu Pesala provides some Pali fonts  he has designed himself. Of them:
 Akkhara is a derivative of Gentium with low profile accents, reduced line-spacing and high accents prevented from getting clipped. Maths symbols are the same width as figures. The additional arrows, symbols, and dingbats are designed to match the Caps height.Regular & Italic styles.
 Cankama  is a Gothic, Black Letter script. Regular style only.
 Garava  was designed for body text with a generous x-height and economical copyfit. It includes Small Caps, Bold Small Caps, and Heavy styles besides the usual four styles (regular, italic, bold, bold italic).
 Guru is another font family for body text with OpenType features. Regular, italic, bold and bold italic styles.
 Hattha is a hand-writing font. Regular, italic, and bold styles.
 Kabala  is a distinctive Sans Serif typeface designed for display text or headings. Regular, italic, bold and bold italic styles.
 Lekhana  is a Zapf Chancery clone, a flowing script that can be used for correspondence or body text. Regular, italic, bold and bold italic styles.
 Mandala  is designed for display text or headings. Regular, italic, bold and bold italic styles.
 Pali is a clone of Hermann Zapf's Palatino. Regular, italic, bold and bold italic styles.
 Odana  is a calligraphic brush font suitable for headlines, titles, or short texts where a less formal appearance is wanted. Regular style only.
 Talapanna and Talapatta are clones of Goudy Bertham, with decorative gothic capitals and extra ligatures in the Private Use Area. These two are different only in decorative gothic capitals in the Private Use Area. Regular and bold styles.
 Veluvana  is another brush calligraphic font but basic Greek glyphs are taken from Guru. Regular style only.
 Verajja  is derived from Bitstream Vera. Regular, italic, bold and bold italic styles.
 VerajjaPDA is a cut-down version of Verajja without symbols. For use on PDA devices. Regular, italic, bold and bold italic styles.
 He also provides some Pali keyboards  for Windows XP.
The font section of Alanwood's Unicode Resources have links to several general purpose fonts that can be used for Pali typing if they cover the character ranges above.
Some of the latest fonts coming with Windows 7 can also be used to type transliterated Pali: Arial, Calibri, Cambria, Courier New, Microsoft Sans Serif, Segoe UI, Segoe UI Light, Segoe UI Semibold, Tahoma, and Times New Roman. And some of them have 4 styles each hence usable in professional typesetting: Arial, Calibri and Segoe UI are sans-serif fonts, Cambria and Times New Roman are serif fonts and Courier New is a monospace font.

 បាលីជា ASCII 

The Velthuis scheme was originally developed in 1991 by Frans Velthuis for use with his "devnag" Devanāgarī font, designed for the TeX typesetting system. ប្រព័ន្ធតំណាងឱ្យសញ្ញាសម្គាល់ភាសាបាលីនេះ ត្រូវបានប្រើប្រាស់នៅក្នុងគេហទំព័រ និងបញ្ជីពិភាក្សាមួយចំនួន។ ទោះបីជាយ៉ាងណាក៏ដោយ ដោយសារគេហទំព័រខ្លួនវាផ្ទាល់ និងកម្មវិធីអ៊ីមែលវិវត្តន៍បន្តិចម្តងៗឆ្ពោះទៅរកស្តង់ដារការអ៊ិនកូដយូនីកូដ ប្រព័ន្ធនេះស្ទើរតែមិនចាំបាច់ និងលែងប្រើហើយ។

ខាងក្រោមនេះគឺជាតារាងប្រៀបធៀបន័យនិងការសន្មត់ប្រើឃីផ្សំ(key)
អក្សរខ្មែរ អក្សរឡាតាំង ASCII rendering ឈ្មោះសំគាល់អក្សរ លេខយូនីកូដ ការផ្សំឃី(key) HTML កូដអាā  aa  a macron  U+0101  Alt+A  &#257;ឦī  ii  i macron  U+012B  Alt+I  &#299;ឩū  uu  u macron  U+016B  Alt+U  &#363;ំṃ  .m  m dot-under  U+1E43  Alt​ Gr+M  &#7745;ណṇ  .n  n dot-under  U+1E47  Alt+N  &#7751;ញñ  ~n  n tilde  	U+00F1  Alt+Ctrl+N  &ntilde;ដṭ  .t  t dot-under  U+1E6D  Alt+T  &#7789;ឌḍ  .d  d dot-under  U+1E0D  Alt+D  &#7693;ងṅ  "n  n dot-over  U+1E45  Ctrl+N  &#7749;ឡḷ  .l  l dot-under  U+1E37  Alt+L  &#7735;