Devanagari Phonetic (SIL) Keyboard Help
A Devanagari keyboard layout where each Devanagari letter is mapped as closely as possible to a corresponding key on the US English keyboard.
Keyboard layout
Default (unshifted)
Shift
AltGr (RAlt)
Shift + AltGr (RAlt)
Other input sequences
Independent vowels
Independent vowels can be typed by the following keystrokes:
| Type | Character | Codepoint |
|---|---|---|
| q a | अ | U+0905 |
| q a a | आ | U+0906 |
| q A | आ | U+0906 |
| q e | ए | U+090F |
| q E | ऐ | U+0910 |
| q i | इ | U+0907 |
| q I | ई | U+0908 |
| q o | ओ | U+0913 |
| q O | औ | U+0914 |
| q u | उ | U+0909 |
| qU | ऊ | U+090a |
Vocalic R
ऋ can be typed by q Right Alt + L.
Repha
Repha र्◌ can be typed using the R key. It is typed after the consonant or mantra, or example:
- k R generates र्क
- k i R generates र्कि
- k > i R produces र्क़ि
Virama
The semicolon ; is used to type stacked consonants or conjuncts. Eg k ; S will generate क्ष
Explicit Virama (Halat)
A full (live) consonant with visible virama can be typed using X, e.g. k X S produces क्ष
To force conjunct formation, x can be typed between the consonants, for example: k x S will generate क्ष.
Typing Latin letters
Words in written in Latin letters can be typed by first typing Q at the start of the word, for example: Q H i n d i will type the word Hindi.
Numbers
Press the number keys to type Arabic digits, There are two ways to type Devanagari digits:
- Typing the Arabic digit and then typing backspace key, for example 9 Back space produces ९
- Typing the Shift + Right Alt version of the digit key, for instance Shift + Right Alt + 9 produces ९
Punctuation
| Type | Character |
|---|---|
| . | । |
| .. | . |
| ... | ॥ |
| .... | … |
