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Mozhi Malayalam Keyboard HelpKeyboard © 2006 Raj Nair

OverviewUsing this Keyboard

Keyboard LayoutQuickstartExamplesKeyboard DetailsComplete Keyboard Reference Chart

TroubleshootingFurther Resources

Related Keyboard LayoutsTechnical Information

Authorship

Overview

This keyboard uses the Mozhi layout to let you type in Malayalam. It is a phonetic keyboard, based on the normal English (QWERTY) keyboard letters.This makes the keyboard easy to use for anybody familiar with Malayalam, or with a normal keyboard.

If a special font is needed for this language, most computers will download it automatically.

Click here to see other keyboard layouts for Malayalam.

Using this Keyboard

Keyboard Layout

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Quickstart

The Mozhi keyboard layout was designed to make it easy to type in Malayalam. The characters are arranged according to the closest English consonantsand vowels. Most Malayalam characters have both consonant and vowel parts, and each part should be typed separately. The consonant part is always

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typed before the vowel, no matter where the vowel part is written.

For example, typing will produce the vowel . If the key is typed after a consonant, though, the vowel will be combined with the consonant. For

example, typing produces �1�1�1�1. If you press Backspace once, only the vowel part will be erased, and you can type a different vowel.

Examples

Language Phrase Meaning Type the following keys

Malayalam �2�345�2�345�2�345�2�345 Name of language

Keyboard Details

The On Screen Keyboard shows the 35 normal consonants � 6 � 7 8 9 : � ; < � = & > ? @ A � B C� � � D � � E 2 � � F � 4 G �, the vowels � % H � ! I � � " #J, and the ◌� mark. There are also numbers and punctuation marks.

Malayalam vowels and consonants are usually combined, so when you type a consonant and a vowel part, they will be joined into one character. If youuse the arrow keys to move through the text, you only need to press an arrow key once to move past each character. If you press Delete before (on theleft of) a combined consonant and vowel, it will be erased completely, but if you press Backspace after a character, only the vowel part will be erased(even if the vowel part appears before the consonant).

Vowels and Consonants

When you type consonants and vowel parts, you should always type the consonant part first, even when the vowel part appears on the left of theconsonant. If you type any of the independent vowels, they will not be combined with consonants. If you want to type just the vowel part, without a

consonant, type , then the vowel. For example, typing produces �, while typing produces K◌.

In Malayalam writing, all the consonants naturally include the vowel sound ����. If you want to write a consonant with no vowel, you need to add the ◌�mark. With the Mozhi keyboard, this mark is added automatically every time you type a consonant. You can also add the mark by typing right after

typing a consonant. After you have typed the ◌� mark, you cannot type a vowel to combine with that consonant.

Malayalam includes many combined consonants, and these are not on the keyboard. To type a combined consonant, type the first consonant, then the

second consonant, and then a vowel. The computer will then combine the two consonants into a single combined character. For example, typing

produces the combined consonant ����.

Keystroke Examples

In the following table you can see examples of how to type the different vowels with the consonant ����. For a table of all the normal Malayalam characters

and how to type them, click here.

Consonant Vowel Combined Keystrokes

� ◌� ��

� �

% �3

�1

H �L

� ��

! �M

I �N

� K�

� O�

" P�

K�3

# O�3

J K�Q

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Troubleshooting

Fonts

If you see squares when you type, or the Malayalam characters do not appear correctly, please read the KeymanWeb troubleshooting guide.

Problem Solving

If a vowel does not combine with a consonant, make sure you have typed the consonant first. Also check that you have not typed another vowel already,

or a standalone vowel, or the ◌� mark.

Further Resources

Related Keyboard Layouts

Other Keyboard Layouts for the Malayalam language:

Inscript Malayalam

ISIS Malayalam

Other Internet Resources

Download Malayalam Basic for Keyman Desktop

Malayalam Alphabet at Omniglot.comMalayalam Language at Wikipedia.orgMalayalam Script at Wikipedia.org

Technical Information

System Requirements

It is recommended that you use an English QWERTY hardware keyboard with this keyboard.

Unicode Version

This keyboard complies with Unicode 5.1

Keyboard Authorship

The Mozhi Malayalam Keyboard is Copyright 2006 by Raj Nair. Tavultesoft gratefully acknowledges the contribution made by the authors in developing thiskeyboard and making it freely available for use with Keyman Desktop and KeymanWeb. Their effort assists in enabling people to communicate in their ownlanguage.

Copyright and Terms of Use

The Mozhi Malayalam Keyboard for Keyman Desktop and KeymanWeb is Copyright 2008 Tavultesoft. It may be freely distributed and used, but must notbe modified or adapted in any way without written permission from Tavultesoft.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY TAVULTESOFT PTY LTD "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOTLIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENTSHALL TAVULTESOFT PTY LTD BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIALDAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, ORTORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THEPOSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Keyboard Reference Chart

The following chart lists all the characters available with this keyboard. Below each character are the keys used to type it.Because Malayalam includes hundreds of combined consonants, these are not shown on this chart. You can type some combined consonants by typingthe two consonants with no vowel. Other combined consonants are on the keyboard (see the bottom of this chart).

\ Vowels

C'nants\

◌� � % H � ! I � � " # J ◌5 ◌(

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K� O�P�

K�3 O�3K�Q �5 �(

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663 61 6L 6� 6M 6N K6 O6 P6 K63 O63 K6Q 65 6(

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K� O�P�

K�3 O�3K�Q �5 �(

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993 91 9L 9� 9M 9N K9 O9 P9 K93 O93 K9Q 95 9(

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C C� C C3 C1 CL C� CMCN

KC OCPC

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K� O�P�

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KE OEPE

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K� O�P�

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� �� � �3 �1 �L �� �M�N

K� O�P�

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K4 O4P4

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K� O�P�

K�3 O�3K�Q �5 �(

Combined

Consonants,

etc.

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�� +� �� �� ,� -� .� 0� ષ ।

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