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Indic Roman Transliteration (SIL) Keyboard Help

The plus (+) means these keystrokes are typed successively. For example, "^ + a" means you would type "^" followed by "a" to get "â".

As this keyboard is intended for transliteration, combining marks on consonants are not supported.

 

Character

Keys Pressed

Comments

â

Ê

^ + a

^ + E

For circumflex accent, type '^' before any vowel

á

ś

' + a

' + s

For acute accent/high tone, type ['] before vowel or 's'

â

` + a

For grave accent/low tone, type [`] before vowel

ã

~ + a

For nasal vowels, type '~' before vowel

ä

" + a

For dieresis/umlaut, type ["] before vowel

ā

- + a

For long vowels, type '-' before vowel

> + n

> + y

For overdot, type '>' before consonant

. + t

. + r

. + m

For underdot, type '.' before consonant

To type any of the accent/diacritics itself, simply type it twice.


Combinations common to Bangla / Assamese:

 

Character

Keys Pressed

Comments

l + = + l

n + = + l

Use '=' + 'l' for consonant overbars

r + 0 + r

Use '0' + 'r' for all undercircles

ā̃

- + a + # + l

Use '#' + 'l' for all nasals over other diacritics

m + M + m

Use 'M' + 'm' for all chandra bindus

l̥̄

l + = + l + 0 + r

 

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