Writing Gurumukhi words using phonetic keyboard is as easy as writing our names in English. For example, ਭਾਰਤ ਸਾਡਾ ਦੇਸ਼ ਹੈ can be written as bhArat sADA desh hai. The phonetic keyboard is shown below with examples.
See: Phonetic Examples
Vowel:
ਅ = a, ਆ = A,aa, ਇ = i, ਈ = I,ee, ਉ = u, ਊ = U,oo, ਏ = e,E, ਐ = ai, ਓ = o,O, ਔ = au,ou
ਂ = M
ਃ = H
ੰ = ~n (tippi)
ੱ = ~m (addak)
Consonant:
ਸ = s, ਸ਼ = S,sh,sx ਹ = h,~h
ਕ = k, ਖ = K,kh, ਗ = g, ਘ = G,gh, ਙ = ~g
ਚ = c,ch, ਛ = C,Ch, ਜ = j, ਝ = J,jh, ਞ = ~j
ਟ = T, ਠ = Th, ਡ = D, ਢ = Dh, ਣ = N
ਤ = t, ਥ = th, ਦ = d, ਧ = dh, ਨ = n
ਪ = p, ਫ = P,ph, ਬ = b, ਭ = B,bh, ਮ = m
ਯ = y,Y, ਰ = r, ਲ = l, ਲ਼ = L,lx ਵ = v,w
ਖ਼ = Kx
ਗ਼ = gx
ਜ਼ = z,jx
ੜ = R,Dx
ਫ਼ = f,Px
Others:
ऽ = &
ੴ = oum
₨ = Rs
Danda = |
Double Danda = ||
Zero Width Joiner = ^
Zero Width Non Joiner = ^^
Punctuation Marks:
The English symbols [ ] { } ( ) - + * / = ; : . , " ? ! % \ ~ _ # $ translate into the same symbols in Gurumukhi 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.
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Example ka kA ki kI ku kU ke kai ko kau kaM kaH ਕ ਕਾ ਕਿ ਕੀ ਕੁ ਕੂ ਕੇ ਕੈ ਕੋ ਕੌ ਕਂ ਕਃ maiM ikk bhAratIy hAM ਮੈਂ ਇੱਕ ਭਾਰਤੀਯ ਹਾਂ |
Note:
In the Gurumukhi phonetic keyboard, an implicit 'a' matra is assumed for the last consonant of the word.
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Example: k,c,T,t,p --> ka,ca,Ta,ta,pa --> ਕ,ਚ,ਟ,ਤ,ਪ |
When a nasal consonant such as ਙ, ਞ, ਣ, ਨ, or ਮ occurs consecutively, a tippi ( ੰ ) symbol is placed on the previous character. tippi can also be explicitely specified using '~n'.
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Example: ammA = ਅੰਮਾ mu~nDA = ਮੁੰਡਾ |
When any other consonant occurs consecutively, a addak ( ੱ ) symbol is placed on the previous character. addak can also be explicitely specified using '~m'.
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Example: dillee = ਦਿੱਲੀ ba~mchA = ਬੱਚਾ |
‘ਹ’ consonant can be written in two ways; 'h', '~h'. If you want to apply a ‘ਹ’ half consonant to consonants such as 'k', 'g', 't', 'd', etc, you have to use '~h' instead of of 'h'.
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Example: bakkiMghAm = ਬੱਕਿਂਘਾਮ bakkiMg~hAm = ਬੱਕਿਂਗ੍ਹਾਮ |
ZWJ, ZWNJ characters:
^ = ZWJ (zero width joiner)
^^ = ZWNJ (zero width non joiner)
If two English characters are making one Gurumukhi vowel (ex: ai, ou), then, ZWJ or ZWNJ character can be used to separate them into different vowels.
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Example: iMDiyainfo = ਇਂਡਿਯੈਨ੍ਫ਼ੋ iMDiya^info = ਇਂਡਿਯਇਨ੍ਫ਼ੋ |