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Typing Gujarati on the InScript Layout

This Gujarati keyboard reproduces the InScript layout — the arrangement the Bureau of Indian Standards defines for Indic scripts — so every consonant, vowel sign, and independent vowel of ગુજરાતી lands where a trained typist expects it. You can click the on-screen keys with a mouse or finger, or place the cursor in the box and type on your physical keyboard, where each QWERTY key maps to its InScript Gujarati character.

Gujarati is an abugida: each consonant carries a built-in short "a", so you type a consonant first and then attach a vowel sign to change its sound. The keyboard gives you those signs, the standalone vowels, and the joining marks that a Latin keyboard simply cannot reach.

Try a phrase: કેમ છો? — "how are you?" · આભાર — "thank you" · નમસ્તે — "hello"

Who Reaches for This Keyboard

Family & Messaging

Write greetings, captions, and notes in ગુજરાતી to relatives in Gujarat or across the diaspora.

Study & Homework

Copy verses, label vocabulary, and answer Gujarati coursework while you are still learning the script.

Names & Records

Enter personal names, town names, and addresses in their correct Gujarati spelling.

How to Type a Gujarati Word

1

Choose How You Input

Tap the on-screen keys, or click into the text box and use your physical keyboard — the letters follow the InScript positions, so pressing the K key produces ક, G produces ુ, and so on.

2

Start With the Consonant

Press a consonant such as ક (ka). It already sounds like "ka" on its own. To change the vowel, add a vowel sign right after it — ક plus િ gives કિ (ki).

3

Hold Shift for the Second Layer

Shift swaps almost every key: it reaches the aspirated consonants (ખ, ઘ, ભ), the ten standalone vowels, and letters like ણ and શ.

4

Track, Copy, and Reset

The live character counter shows how long your text is. Use Copy to send everything to the clipboard, Backspace to remove the last character, or Clear to empty the box and begin again.

How the Shift Layer Rewrites Every Key

On a Latin keyboard Shift only capitalizes. On the InScript layout it substitutes a different Gujarati character on nearly every key. The unshifted layer holds the everyday characters — plain consonants, the vowel signs, the anusvara ં, and the Gujarati numerals. Holding Shift reaches the aspirated consonants (ખ, ઘ, છ, ઝ, થ, ધ, ફ, ભ), the independent vowels, the retroflex and sibilant letters (ણ, ળ, ષ, શ, ઙ, ઞ), the candrabindu ઁ, and the ASCII symbols that share the number row.

Vowel Signs vs. Independent Vowels

Because a consonant already carries an "a", you rarely type a standalone vowel in the middle of a word — you attach a vowel sign (matra) instead. The base layer of the left-hand keys is stocked with these signs: ા િ ી ુ ૂ ે ૈ ો ૌ. The independent letters — used when a vowel opens a word — sit on the Shift position of those same keys. Shift over ા gives આ, and Shift over the virama key gives the standalone short અ.

Joining Consonants With the Virama

To write a consonant cluster (jodakshar) with no vowel between the letters, use the virama ્. Type the first consonant, press the virama, then the next consonant, and the two fuse. For નમસ્તે you press ન, મ, સ, the virama ્, ત, then the sign ે — and સ with ત combine into the conjunct સ્ત.

Gujarati Characters Key by Key

Walkthrough — type the word ગુજરાતી: press ગ, add ુ → ગુ, then જ, then ર, add ા → રા, then ત, add ી → the finished ગુજરાતી.

Vowel Signs and Standalone Vowels

Signs (base layer): ા aa, િ i, ી ii, ુ u, ૂ uu, ે e, ૈ ai, ો o, ૌ au, plus the vocalic-r sign ૃ.
Independent letters (Shift layer): અ આ ઇ ઈ ઉ ઊ એ ઐ ઓ ઔ.

Consonants and Their Shift Partners

On many keys Shift gives the aspirated partner of the base consonant; on others it reaches a second letter that shares the key.

Aspirated pairs: ક→ખ, ગ→ઘ, ચ→છ, જ→ઝ, ટ→ઠ, ડ→ઢ, ત→થ, દ→ધ, પ→ફ, બ→ભ.
Shared keys: હ→ઙ, મ→ણ, લ→ળ, સ→શ, ય→ષ.

Marks and Numerals

Anusvara ં (nasal dot) sits on the base layer beside Shift; candrabindu ઁ is its Shift companion.
Virama ્ suppresses the inherent vowel and joins consonants; the nukta ઼ adapts a letter for borrowed sounds.
Shift over the full-stop key produces the danda ।, the traditional Gujarati sentence terminator.
The number row types Gujarati numerals ૦ ૧ ૨ ૩ ૪ ૫ ૬ ૭ ૮ ૯; hold Shift there for the symbols ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ).

Gujarati Typing Questions

How do I make a joined consonant like સ્ત or જ્ઞ?

Type the first consonant, press the virama ્, then the second consonant. The virama removes the vowel between them and the tool renders the two as a single conjunct.

Where are the standalone vowels અ, આ, ઇ?

They live on the Shift layer of the vowel-sign keys. Hold Shift and press the matra key: Shift over ા gives આ, and Shift over the virama key gives the short અ. Use these when a word begins with a vowel.

Why does the number row type ૧૨૩ instead of 1 2 3?

The InScript layout reserves that row for Gujarati numerals, so it produces ૦-૯ by default. Their Shift positions hold the punctuation symbols rather than Latin digits, so this keyboard is built to keep your numbers in Gujarati script.

How do I add the nasal dot ં (anusvara)?

Press the anusvara key on the bottom row after you have typed the syllable it nasalizes — it attaches above the letter. For the crescent candrabindu ઁ, hold Shift on that same key.

Does Gujarati use the top line like Hindi?

No. Gujarati grew out of the same Brahmic family as Devanagari but is written without the connecting horizontal bar (shirorekha), which is why its letters look rounder and more open. The characters you type here render with that authentic Gujarati shape.