Independent and dependent vowels, etc.

Keyboard input

Devanagari output

Keyboard input

Transliteration output

a

अ or nil (inherent vowel)

A, a; *a

A, a; ª

aa or A

आ or ा

Aa, aa

Ā, ā (but a+a for aa)

i

इ or ि

I, i

I, I

ii or I

ई or ी

Ii, ii

Ī, ī (but i+i for ii)

u

उ or ु

U, u

U, u

uu or U

ऊ or ू

Uu, uu

Ū, ū (but u+u for uu)

.r or R

ऋ or ृ

.R, .r

Ṛ, ṛ

.rr or RR

ॠ or ॄ

.RR, .rr

Ṝ, ṝ

.l or lR

ऌ or ॢ

.L, .l

Ḷ, ḷ

.ll or lRR

ॡ or ॣ

.LL, .ll

Ḹ, ḹ

e

ए or े

E, e

E, e

.e or E

ऍ or ॅ

.E, .e

Ĕ, ĕ

ai

ऐ or ै

Ai, ai

Ai, ai

o

ओ or ो

O, o

O, o

.o or O

ऑ or ॉ

.O, .o

Ŏ, ŏ

au

औ or ौ

Au, au

Au, au

.m; ^ or M (toggle keys)

ं (anusvara)

.M, .m; ´M, ´m or `M, `m

Ṃ, ṃ; Ṁ, ṁ

^ or M (toggle keys)

ँ (anunasika)

~~ ; ^^

x̃ (→ special rules) ; x̐

.h or H

ः (visarga)

.H, .h

Ḥ, ḥ

'

ऽ (avagraha)

'

' (→ special rules)

O.m or OM

ॐ (but o.m = ओं)

N+g, n+g

Ŋ, ŋ (Rhys-Davids)

Consonants

Keyboard input

Devanagari output

Keyboard input

Transliteration output

k

क्

K, k

K, k

kh

ख्

Kh, kh

Kh, kh

g

ग्

G, g

G, g

gh

घ्

Gh, gh

Gh, gh

´n or `n or G

ङ्

´N, ´n or `N, `n

Ṅ, ṅ

c

च्

C, c

C, c

ch

छ्

Ch, ch

Ch, ch

j

ज्

J, j

J, j

jh

झ्

Jh, jh

Jh, jh

~n or J

ञ्

~N, ~n

Ñ, ñ

.t or T

ट्

.T, .t

Ṭ, ṭ

.th or Th

ठ्

.Th, .th

Ṭh, ṭh

.d or D

ड्

.D, .d

Ḍ, ḍ

.dh or Dh

ढ्

.Dh, .dh

Ḍh, ḍh

.n or N

ण्

.N, .n

Ṇ, ṇ

t

त्

T, t

T, t

th

थ्

Th, th

Th, th

d

द्

D, d

D, d

dh

ध्

Dh, dh

Dh, dh

n

न्

N, n

N, n

p

प्

P, p

P, p

ph

फ्

Ph, ph

Ph, ph

b

ब्

B, b

B, b

bh

भ्

Bh, bh

Bh, bh

m

म्

M, m

M, m

Keyboard input

Devanagari output

Keyboard input

Transliteration output

y

य्

Y, y

Y, y

r

र्

R, r

R, r

l

ल्

L, l

L, l

_l or L

ळ्

_L, _l

Ḻ, ḻ

v

व्

V, v

V, v

´s or `s or sh

श्

´S, ´s or `S, `s

Ś, ś

.s or S

ष्

.S, .s

Ṣ, ṣ

s

स्

S, s

S, s

h

ह्

H, h

H, h

++

् (virama)

kS or x

क्ष्

jJ or gy

ज्ञ्

Consonants with nukta (for Urdu letter equivalents, etc.)

__ (2x underline)

़ (nukta)

q or _k

क़्

Q, q or _K, _k

Q, q or K̲, k̲

_kh

ख़्

_Kh, _kh

K̲h̲, k̲h̲

_g

ग़्

_G, _g

Ġ, ġ

_r or _d

ड़्

_R, _r

Ṟ, ṟ

_rh or _dh

ढ़्

_Rh, _rh

Ṟh, ṟh

f

फ़्

F, f

F, f

z or _j

ज़्

Z, z

Z, z

zh or _y

य़्

Zh, zh

Zh, zh

Special Marks & Numbers (Devanagari only)

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। (danda)

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

०, १, २, ३, ४, ५, ६, ७, ८, ९

||

॥ (double danda)

° or @

॰ (abbreviation sign)

Type basic character(s), then hold Alt-key and type:

To get (sample characters):

grave

à

slash or questionmark (Kbd DE: acute)

ś

circumflex

â

tilde

ã

hyphen or underline

ā

u or U

ă

n or m

ṅ

semicolon or colon (Kbd DE: colon)

ä

o or O

å

2x slash or questionmark (DE: 2x acute)

ő

v or V

č

C (uppercase only)

a̐

period

ṇ

2x semicolon or colon (DE: 2x colon)

s̤

2x o or O

r̥

2x o or O, then hyphen or underline

r̥̄

comma

ç

left parenthesis

ą

2x u or U

a̮

2x hyphen or underline

a̱

9 (Kbd DE: 8)

ʿ (ringhalf left)

0 (Kbd DE: 9)

ʾ (ringhalf right)

Use the following key as a toggle (hit key 2 or several times):

To get:

hyphen

–(endash) or — (emdash)

singlequote

‘ or ’ (Kbd DE: ‚ or ‛)

doublequote

“ or ” (Kbd DE: „ or ‟ )

lessthan

‹ or «

greaterthan

› or »