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Keyman™ -Based Mnemonic Keyboards for Input of Sanskrit, Pāli, and Hindi in Devanagari Script or Latin Transliteration (Using Kbd DE, US, or US Int'l)

 

Independent and dependent vowels, etc.

 

Keyboard input

Devanagari output

Keyboard input

Transliteration output

a

or nil (inherent vowel)

A, a; *a

A, a; ª

aa or A

or

Aa, aa

Ā, ā (but a+a for aa)

i

or ि

I, i

I, I

ii or I

or

Ii, ii

Ī, ī (but i+i for ii)

u

or

U, u

U, u

uu or U

or

Uu, uu

Ū, ū (but u+u for uu)

.r or R

or

.R, .r

,

.rr or RR

or

.RR, .rr

,

.l or lR

or

.L, .l

,

.ll or lRR

or

.LL, .ll

,

e

or

E, e

E, e

.e or E

or

.E, .e

Ĕ, ĕ

ai

or

Ai, ai

Ai, ai

o

or

O, o

O, o

.o or O

or

.O, .o

Ŏ, ŏ

au

or

Au, au

Au, au

.m; ^ or M (toggle keys)

(anusvara)

.M, .m; ´M, ´m or `M, `m

, ; ,

^ or M (toggle keys)

(anunasika)

~~ ; ^^

( special rules) ; x̐

.h or H

(visarga)

.H, .h

,

'

(avagraha)

'

' ( special rules)

O.m or OM

(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

,

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

,

.th or Th

ठ्

.Th, .th

h, h

.d or D

ड्

.D, .d

,

.dh or Dh

ढ्

.Dh, .dh

h, h

.n or N

ण्

.N, .n

,

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

,

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

,

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

 

,

_rh or _dh

 

ढ़्

_Rh, _rh

 

h, h

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)

 

|

(danda)

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

, , , , , , , , ,

||

(double danda)

° or @

(abbreviation sign)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following Special Rules apply to Transliteration keyboards only:

Special Rules for Typing Combining Accents

This method is recommended for use with special OpenType fonts - some older fonts will not combine diacritics correctly.

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

To get (sample characters):

grave

à

slash or questionmark (Kbd DE: acute)

circumflex

â

tilde

ã

hyphen or underline

u or U

n or m

semicolon or colon (Kbd DE: colon)

ä

o or O

å

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

v or V

C (uppercase only)

period

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

2x o or O

2x o or O, then hyphen or underline

r̥̄

comma

ç

left parenthesis

2x u or U

2x hyphen or underline

9 (Kbd DE: 8)

ʿ (ringhalf left)

0 (Kbd DE: 9)

ʾ (ringhalf right)

 

Special Rules for Hindi Transliteration Using Combining Tilde

Type basic character(s) plus “~~” to get:

à ã Ā̃ ā̃ Ĩ ĩ Ī̃ ī̃ Ũ ũ Ū̃ Ẽ ẽ Õ õ aĩ aũ

Note that the stacked diacritics will probably only appear correctly on modern OpenType fonts.

Special Rules for Dashes & Typographic Quotes

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 »

 

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