NLCI Malayalam WinScript Keyboard Help
NLCI Malayalam WinScript Keyboard help
This Keyboard mimic Malayalam WinScript Keyboard Layout designed by NLCI in 1988. Several linguists and members of translation community are still using this keyboard layout for keyboarding the text. This is a phonetic based keyboarding system designed with the objective of keyboarding text with minimal keystrokes. Keys are also layed out according the frequency of occurance, yet tried to follow a phonetic based keyboarding system.
Keyboard layout
Input sequences
| Keys | Character |
|---|---|
| ee | ഏ |
| ii | ഈ |
| ll | ള |
| lll | ഴ |
| LL | ഴ |
| oo | ഓ |
| rr | റ |
| RR | ൠ |
| uu | ഊ |
| ss | ഷ |
nta
| Keys | Character |
|---|---|
| nxt | ൻ്റ |
Using =
| Keys | Character |
|---|---|
| =r | റ |
| =z | ഴ |
Legacy nta
| Keys | Character |
|---|---|
| nxt | ന്റ |
| ൻ്റ + ` | ന്റ |
Vowel sign elongation
Eg: kii will generate കീ To generate vowel sign elongation of ീ kii + i will generate കീീ
Eg: kuu will generate കൂ To generate vowel sign elongation of ൂ kuu + u will generate കൂൂ
Malayalam Vowel Sign Vocalic L
^ is used to generate Malayalam vowel sign vocalic L, Eg k xl^ will generate കൢ
Malayalam Vowel Sign Vocalic LL
^^ is used to generate Malayalam vowel sign vocalic LL, Eg k xl^^ will generate കൣ
Praslesham
Praslesham ഽ can be typed using the F key.
Chandrakala
x is used as chandrakala Eg k x will generate ക്
Conjuncts
x is used as conjuncts Eg k x l will generate ക്ല
Using X
Eg k X g will generate ക്ഗ
Numbers
` Backtick with number will get malayalam number Eg ` 1 will generate ൧
Backtick for change into English
` Backtick is used to change into English Eg ` ത will generate q
