Transliteration Mapping

-Chaman Thapa

The following mappings makes it easier to convert phonetic typing to actual Devnagari fonts. Some of the characters might have two or more mappings which indicates that a user can choose any mapping according to his/her convenience.

 k = क  kh = ख  g = ग  gh = घ  .n = ङ  nG = ङ  ch = च  chh = छ  j = ज  jh = झ  .y = ञ  .t = ट
 T = ट  .th = ठ  Th = ठ  .d = ड  D = ड  .dh = ढ  Dh = ढ  nD = ण  t = त  th = थ  d = द  dh = ध
 n = न  p = प  f = फ  b = ब  bh = भ  v = भ  m = म  y = य  r = र  l = ल  w = व  sh = श
 S = ष  s = स  h = ह  Gya =  ज्ञ  OM = ॐ
 a =  अ  aa =  आ  i =  इ  ii =  ई  u =  उ  uu =  ऊ  ae =  ए  e =  ए  ai =  ऐ  o =  ओ  au =  औ  am =  अं
 0 = ०  1 = १  2 = २  3 = ३  4 = ४  5 = ५  6 = ६  7 = ७  8 = ८  9 = ९  . =  ।
 N =  ं  ` =  ँ  ' = ँ  Ri =  ॠ

Usage:-

The most practical use of this type of mapping could be in word processing and instant chatting. It can also be used in machine translation where the complexity of the language in Unicode is high and such language is to be represented/stored in english form.

Other Products using Transliteration

http://www.google.com/transliterate/indic
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