NAVLIPI

Instructions: After installation, enable Navlipi Soft Keyboard in Settings->System->Languages & input->Virtual keyboard->Manage keyboards OR in Settings->Languages & input->Current Keyboard->Choose keyboards User Guide: https://navlipi.org/downloads/NAVLIPI-Full-Alphabet-with-Word-Examples.pdf Description: NAVLIPI World’s first practical phonemic (also phonetic) alphabet. See: https://navlipi.org ALL LANGUAGES Superscripts on some keys: E English; M Mandarin; T Tamil; A Arabic; Dewanaagari letter. “Post-Ops” • Aspiration (महाप्राण): Add hₒ to letter being aspirated. Thus, k, Hindi क, p, Hindi प ➪ khₒ (ख), phₒ (फ) • Fricatization (hissing sound): Add hᵩ. Except: x for velar unvoiced fricative (also writable as khᵩ) Common vowels • aa English father, Hindi आ. aao Dravidian lang. short vowel. • Long vowels by reduplication: So short i, u ➪ Long ii, uu, etc; aa an exception. • 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 • ƹ for voiced velar fricative, Hindi/Faarsi ग़म • shᵩ English shoot Hindi श; zhᵩ English pleasure Nasals • As tilde symbol (~); place after syllable. Thus, Hindi हाां, French mon, Portuguese Saõ ➪ haa~, mo~, Saao~. • 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 ➪ thᵩin, this ➪ dhᵩis Hindi, other Indian languages • Retroflex (मूर्धन्त्य) non-vowels (ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण) ŧ, ŧhₒ, đ, đhₒ, ր • Flaps add dot (.). Thus ट. ड. ण. become ŧ. đ. ր. • Vowel r-sound (ऋ): ȓ • Wisarga (glottal stop): 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 ⱡ Arabic • Unvoiced uvular k-sound (q in Latin transcription): k.. • Pharyngealized (faucal) dental t-, d- as t.., d.. Mandarin • 4 standard tones: Placed after syllable having tone • hs-sound (x in Latin transcription, Xie Xie “thank you”): ŧŧhᵩ Select African languages • “Velarized” bilabials kp, gb • Initial nasals as ~ E.g. Ngoma, Mbeki as ~gomaa, ~bƐki PHONEMIC RENDITIONS Hindi • vw for both v, w sounds in Hindi • ph₈ for both f, pho (aspirated-p) sounds English • pₒ for both p and pho • ttₒ for alveolar t, th-sounds Standard French, Hochdeutsch • xr for both “throaty-r”, “rolled-r” Mandarin • b∞ for both p-, b-sounds • d∞ for both alveolar t, d-sounds Tamil • tₒ for both dental t, th sounds