Navlipi Keyboard

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NAVLIPI World’s first practical phonemic (also phonetic) alphabet, based on Latin alphabet. See: https://navlipi.org All languages Superscripts on some keys: E (English); M (Mandarin); T (Tamil); A (Arabic); Dewanaagari letter. Long vowels by reduplication: Short i, u -> Long ii, uu, etc; aa an exception. Common vowels • aa English father, Hindi आ • Ω English ball, vowel in Hindi कौन • ɔ (inverted-c) English Jack, vowel in Hindi मै • q English about, 2nd vowel in Hindi यन्त्र • a English but, Hindi अ • e English bet; ee fair, vowel in Hindi है; ε English gray, Hindi ए, Spanish que • y French tu, German ȕber; o// feuille; o/ German schön Common non-vowels (consonants) • j English yes, Hindi य • ƪ (inverted-j) English Jack, Hindi ज • c Spanish chica, Hindi च • Aspiration (महाप्राण): Add hₒ to letter being aspirated. Thus, k (Hindi क), p (Hindi प) to khₒ (ख), phₒ (फ) • Fricatization (hissing sound): Add h₀. Except: x for velar unvoiced fricative (Scots loch, Hindi/Faarsi ख्वाब) • ƹ for voiced velar fricative, Hindi/Faarsi ग.म • sh₀ English shoot, Hindi श; zh₀ English pleasure Nasals • As tilde symbol (~), or with n₀₀, m₀₀; place after syllable. Thus, Hindi हाां, French mon, Portuguese Saõ -> haa~ (haan₀₀), mo~ (mon₀₀), Saao~ (Saaon₀₀) • Velar, nasals nₒ (Dewanaagari ङ, English king -> kinₒg); palatal η (Dewanaagari ञ, English inch iηc) Upper-, lower- case letters ARE distinguished. Specific languages English, West European, Russian languages • Alveolar t- , d as ŧŧ (or just tt ), đt (or just dt) • Unvoiced, voiced dental fricatives: English thin -> th₀in, this -> dh₀is Hindi, other Indian languages • Retroflex (मूर्धन्त्य) non-vowels (ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण) ŧ, ŧhₒ, đ, đhₒ, n • Flaps add dot (.). Thus ट. ड. ण. become ŧ. đ. n. • Vowel r-sound (ऋ): ȓ • Wisarga: as colon (:) • Diphthongs ऐ, औ, if actual diphthongs: aaε, aau. But these frequently pronounced as vowels ( cf. मै, है, कौन ) • Retroflex Tamil l-like sound (zh in Latin transcription) as r Arabic • Unvoiced uvular k-sound (q in Latin transcription): k.. • Pharyngealized (faucal) dental t-, d- as t.., d.. Mandarin • 4 standard tones: leftmost 4 keys in top row of 3rd Navlipi keyboard. Placed after syllable having tone • hs-sound (x in Latin transcription, Xie Xie, “thank you”): ŧŧh₀ Select African languages • “Velarized” bilabials kp, gb • Initial nasals as n₀₀, m₀₀. E.g. Ngoma, Mbeki as N₀₀gomaa, M₀₀bƐki Phonemic renditions Hindi • vw for both v, w sounds in Hindi • f, ph-sounds, jointly as ph₈ English • pₒ for both p and ph (aspirated-p) • ttₒ for alveolar t, th-sounds Standard French, Hochdeutsch • xr for both “throaty-r”, “rolled-r” Mandarin • Both p-, b-sounds, as b∞ • Both alveolar t, d-sounds as d∞ Tamil • Both dental t, th sounds as tₒ

Various key improvements in both Universal and Hindi keyboards

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