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Vowel:

ಅ=a, ಆ=A,aa, ಇ=i, ಈ=I,ee, ಉ=u, ಊ=U,oo, ಋ=~ru, ೠ=~rU, ಌ=~lu, ೡ=~lU, ಎ=e, ಏ=E, ಐ=ai, ಒ=o, ಓ=O, ಔ=au,ou

ಁ = ~M

ಂ = M

ಃ = H

Consonant:

ಕ್=k, ಖ್=K,kh, ಗ್=g, ಘ್=G,gh, ಙ್=~g

ಚ್=c,ch, ಛ್=C,Ch, ಜ್=j, ಝ್=J,jh, ಞ್=~j

ಟ್=T, ಠ್=Th, ಡ್=D, ಢ್=Dh, ಣ್=N

ತ್=t, ಥ್=th, ದ್=d, ಧ್=dh, ನ್=n

ಪ್=p, ಫ್=P,ph, ಬ್=b, ಭ್=B,bh, ಮ್=m

ಯ್=y,Y, ರ್=r, ಱ್=rx, ಲ್=l, ವ್=v,w, ಶ್=S,sh, ಷ್=Sh, ಸ್=s, ಹ್=h,~h, ಳ್=L, ೞ್=Lx

Others:

ಫ಼=fa,Pxa

ಜ಼=za,jxa

ಜ್ಞ=j~ja

ಕ್ಷ=kSha

ಽ=&

₹=Rs

~=~~

#=~#

$=~$

&=~&

ZWJ=^

ZWNJ=^^

Punctuation Marks:

The English symbols [ ] { } ( ) - + * / = ; : . , " ? ! % \ ~ _ @ convert to the same symbols in Kannada 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 used alone, it results in a dead consonant (mula vyanjana).

k, c, T, t, p --> ಕ್, ಚ್, ಟ್, ತ್, ಪ್

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

ka kA ki kI ku kU kRu kRU ke kE kai ko kO kau kaM kaH ಕ ಕಾ ಕಿ ಕೀ ಕು ಕೂ ಕೃ ಕೄ ಕೆ ಕೇ ಕೈ ಕೊ ಕೋ ಕೌ ಕಂ ಕಃ

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

sAPTwEr = ಸಾಫ್ಟ್ವೇರ್

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

bakkiMg~hAm = ಬಕ್ಕಿಂಗ್ಹಾಮ್

ZWJ, ZWNJ:

^ = ZWJ (zero width joiner)

^^ = ZWNJ (zero width non joiner)

Normally, if 'r' comes in the beginning of a consonant conjunct, it forms the Arkavottu. But, if ZWJ character immediately follows 'r' then it forms a ‘ರ’ consonant.

sUrya = ಸೂರ್ಯ ryAMk = ರ್ಯಾಂಕ್ sUr^ya = ಸೂರ‍್ಯ r^yAMk = ರ‍್ಯಾಂಕ್

If a dead consonant is required in the middle of a word, the ZWJ or ZWNJ character should be used after the consonant.

sAPT^^wEr = ಸಾಫ್ಟ್‌ವೇರ್

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

iMDiya^inPo = ಇಂಡಿಯ‍ಇನ್ಫೊ