Manipuri examples | Switches

Vowel:

অ = a, আ = A,aa, ই = i, ঈ = I,ee, উ = u, ঊ = U,oo, ঋ = Ru, ৠ = RU, এ = e,E, ঐ = ai,oi ও = o,O, ঔ = au,ou

ঁ = ~M

ং = M

ঃ = H

Consonant:

ক = k, খ = K,kh, গ = g, ঘ = G,gh, ঙ = ~g

চ = c,ch, ছ = C,Ch, জ = j, ঝ = J,jh, ঞ = ~j

ট = T, ঠ = Th, ড = D, ঢ = Dh, ণ = N

ত = t, থ = th, দ = d, ধ = dh, ন = n

প = p, ফ = P,ph, ব = b, ভ = B,bh, ম = m

য = Y, য় = y,Yx, র(ৰ) = r, ল = l,L, ব(ৱ) = v,w, শ = S,sh, ষ = Sh, স = s, হ = h,~h

ড় = Dx

ঢ় = Dhx

জ্ঞ = j~ja

ক্ষ = kSha

ক্য = kYa (YA PHALA)

Note:ৰ and ৱ are used in Assamese language.

Others:

ঽ = &

₹ = Rs

ZWJ = ^

ZWNJ = ^^

Punctuation Marks:

The English symbols [ ] { } ( ) - + * / = ; : . , " ? ! % \ ~ _ | # $ convert to the same symbols in Bengali also.

Quotation Marks:

` ' characters are converted to single smart quotes(‘ ’) characters. We can get double smart quotes(“ ”) by using them twice.

When a consonant character is followed by a vowel character, it results in a live consonant.

Example

ka kA ki kI ku kU kRu kRU ke kai ko kau kaM kaH

ক কা কি কী কু কূ কৃ কৄ কে কৈ কো কৌ কং কঃ

Ami bhAratIY

আমি ভারতীয

Note:

In the Bengali phonetic keyboard, an implicit 'a' matra is assumed for the last consonant of the word.

Example:

k,c,T,t,p --> ka,ca,Ta,ta,pa -->ক,চ,ট,ত,প

When two or more consecutive consonants appear in the input, they make a consonant conjunct. The last consonant takes the full form and the preceding consonants become half consonants.

Example:

nyAy = ন্য়ায়

‘হ’ consonant can be written in two ways; 'h', '~h'. If you want to apply a ‘হ’ half consonant to consonants such as 'k', 'g', 't', 'd', etc, you have to use '~h' instead of of 'h'.

Example:

bakkiMghAm = বক্কিংঘাম

bakkiMg~hAm = বক্কিংগ্হাম

ZWJ, ZWNJ:

^ = ZWJ (zero width joiner)

^^ = ZWNJ (zero width non joiner)

Usually when a consonant cluster (two or more consecutive consonants) occurs, it will be rendered as a ligature if that is available in the font. The ZWJ and ZWNJ can be used to produce an alternate rendering of the ligatures.

If a consonant is followed by the ZWJ, half-form of the consonant is formed.

Example:

rakShaNa = রক্ষণ

rak^ShaNa = রক্‍ষণ

t^ = ত্‍

If a dead consonant (consonant with hasant symbol) is required, the ZWNJ character should be used after the consonant.

Example:

rAj^^kumAr = রাজ্‌কুমার

rAjkumAr^^ = রাজ্কুমার্‌

t^^ = ত্‌

If two English characters are making one Bengali vowel (ex: ai, ou), then, ZWJ or ZWNJ character can be used to separate them into different vowels.

Example:

iMDiYainPo = ইংডিযৈন্ফো

iMDiYa^inPo = ইংডিয‍ইন্ফো

iMDiYa^^inPo = ইংডিয‌ইন্ফো