Writing Kannada words using phonetic keyboard is as easy as writing our names in English. For example, ಚೆಲುವ ಕನ್ನಡ ನಾಡು can be written as cheluva kannaDa nADu. The phonetic keyboard is shown below with examples.
See: Phonetic Examples
Vowel:
ಅ=a, ಆ=A,aa, ಇ=i, ಈ=I,ee, ಉ=u, ಊ=U,oo, ಋ=Ru, ೠ=RU, ಎ=e, ಏ=E, ಐ=ai, ಒ=o, ಓ=O, ಔ=au,ou
ಂ = 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
ಜ್ಞ = j~ja
ಕ್ಷ = kSha
Others:
ಫ಼್ = f,Px
ಜ಼್ = z,jx
ಽ = &
₨ = Rs
Danda = |
Double Danda = ||
Zero Width Joiner = ^
Zero Width Non Joiner = ^^
Punctuation Marks:
The English symbols [ ] { } ( ) - + * / = ; : . , " ? ! % \ ~ _ translate into 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).
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Example 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).
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Example 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 kUDi bALONa. sEri duDiyONa. ಕೂಡಿ ಬಾಳೋಣ. ಸೇರಿ ದುಡಿಯೋಣ. |
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.
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Example: rAjkumAr = ರಾಜ್ಕುಮಾರ್ 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'.
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Example: bakkiMghAm = ಬಕ್ಕಿಂಘಾಮ್ bakkiMg~hAm = ಬಕ್ಕಿಂಗ್ಹಾಮ್ |
ZWJ, ZWNJ characters:
^ = ZWJ (zero width joiner)
^^ = ZWNJ (zero width non joiner)
In Baraha Kannada phonetic keyboard, ZWJ is used only in one case. Normally, if 'r' comes in the beginning of a consonant conjunct, it forms the Arkavottu(ð). But, if ZWJ character immediately follows 'r' then it forms a ‘ರ’ consonant.
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Example: 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.
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Example: rAjkumAr = ರಾಜ್ಕುಮಾರ್ rAj^kumAr = ರಾಜ್ಕುಮಾರ್ rAj^^kumAr = ರಾಜ್ಕುಮಾರ್
sAPTwEr = ಸಾಫ್ಟ್ವೇರ್ sAPT^wEr = ಸಾಫ್ಟ್ವೇರ್ 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.
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Example: iMDiyainPo = ಇಂಡಿಯೈನ್ಫೊ iMDiya^inPo = ಇಂಡಿಯಇನ್ಫೊ |