Gujarati Typing Help

Typing Gujarati words using Pramukh IME is as easy as typing our names in English. For quick help, checkout the following image. This image shows which letter(s) will be typed when you press a particular key (combination). Press F9 (or your preferred Shortcut Key) to switch between currently selected language and last selected language.

Note: Typing is case-sensitive. Typing small “a” and capital “A” will yield different letters. Make sure “Caps Lock” key is not ON.

Quick Links: Vowel, Consonant, Vowel Sign, Digit, Other, Symbol, Rule, ZWJ/ZWNJ character, Example

Vowel

Consonant

Vowel Sign

Note: Dotted round symbol represents placeholder for consonant character

Digit

If the setting “Digit in English” is not set, Gujarati and English digits are typed this way
૦ = 0, ૧ = 1, ૨ = 2, ૩ = 3, ૪ = 4, ૫ = 5, ૬ = 6, ૭ = 7, ૮ = 8, ૯ = 9
0 = 0-, 1 = 1-, 2 = 2-, 3 = 3-, 4 = 4-, 5 = 5-, 6 = 6-, 7 = 7-, 8 = 8-, 9 = 9-

If the setting “Digit in English” is set, Gujarati and English digits are typed this way
૦ = 0-, ૧ = 1-, ૨ = 2-, ૩ = 3-, ૪ = 4-, ૫ = 5-, ૬ = 6-, ૭ = 7-, ૮ = 8-, ૯ = 9-
0 = 0, 1 = 1, 2 = 2, 3 = 3, 4 = 4, 5 = 5, 6 = 6, 7 = 7, 8 = 8, 9 = 9

Other

Note: Dotted round symbol represents placeholder for consonant character

Symbol

The English symbols [ ] { } ( ) < > – + / = ; . , ‘ ” ? ! % \ _ & $ @ # ~ ^ are transliterated into the same symbols.
Symbols * : | have special meaning. You can type this way
* = *-
: = :-
| = |-

These symbols will type Gujarati characters first but if “-” will be followed, it will remove previously typed Gujarati character and then type the symbol.

Rule

1. Consonant is followed by vowel sign character to make a live consonant.

Example
ક કા કિ કી કુ કૂ કૃ કૄ કૢ કૣ કૅ કે કૈ કો કૉ કૌ કં કઁ કઃ
ka kaa ki kee ku koo kRu kRU kLu- kLU- kE ke kai ko kO kau kaM kaM- ka:

2. Two or more consecutive consonants make consonant cluster. The last consonant takes the full form and all preceding consonants within cluster take half form

Example
નમસ્કાર = namaskaar

3. Special consonant cluster forms (ligature) will be automatically created if it is available in the font. Look at the examples for clarification. All possible ligatures may not be given in the example. Try typing the consonant combinations according to ligature pronounciation and it will work. For example, try typing “vidhyaa”, “viDyaa”, “vidyaa” to get the correct ligature for “dy” in “vidyaa”.

4. Character “-” is followed by consonant will be transliterated as ્ (Viram)

Example
ખ ક્હ ઘ ગ્હ છ ચ્હ ઝ જ્હ ઠ ટ્હ ઢ ડ્હ થ ત્હ ધ દ્હ ફ પ્હ ભ બ્હ શ સ્હ ષ શ્હ
kha k-ha gha g-ha chha ch-ha jha j-ha Tha T-ha Dha D-ha tha t-ha dha d-ha pha p-ha bha b-ha sha s-ha Sha S-ha

5. If two English characters are making one Gujarati Vowel (i.e. ai, au), then “-” character is used to separate them into two different vowels.

Example
ઐરાવત = airaavat
અઇરાવત = a-iraavat

6. Character “n”/”m” will be automatically transliterated to anusvar ં

Example
અંગ = ang
સાંજ = saanj
અખંડ = akhanD
સંત = sant
આંબો = aambo

ZWJ/ZWNJ character

Zero-width Joiner (ZWJ) and Zero-width non-joiner (ZWNJ) characters are used to produce alternate rendering of ligature.

1. A consonant followed by ZWJ character will produce half-formed consonant character.

Example
પ્રશ્ન = prashn
પ્રશ્‍ન = prash–n

2. A consonant followed by ZWNJ character will produce dead consonant character.

Example
પ્રશ્ન = prashn
પ્રશ્‌ન = prash—n

Example

નમસ્તે = namaste
સુપ્રભાત = suprabhaat
કર્મ = karm
શ્રી = shree
વિદ્યા = vidyaa
વિદ્‌યા = vid—yaa
પદ્મ = padm
વિદ્વાન = vidvaan
પ્રશ્ન = prashn
પ્રશ્‍ન = prash–n
અન્ન = ann
અન્‍ન = an–n
ઉદ્‌ઘોષ = ud—ghoSh
દંડવત્ = daMDavat-
થૈ = thai
થઇ = tha-i
દૌ = dau
દઉ = da-u