Rule 1:

Type the phonetically nearest English alphabet repeatedly till you see the character you want on screen.

Type s once for স, twice for শ and thrice for ষ.

To attach র or ঋ to an alphabet as in ক্র, কৃ type r repeatedly after the alphabet.

For ক্রম, type krrm, for কৃপা, type krrrpa

Rule 2:

For half characters, type ‘ x ’ after the alphabet.

Forগুপ্তা, type gupxta ; for কর্মা type krxma

Rule 3:

Type z to get all the special characters and symbols in Bengali.

For exampleং ঁ ় ঃ

The rules will become clearer when you type few words.

Type the following words with Lipikaar to complete your understanding of the rules.

কমল দেবিকা সুধীর কর্মা মিস্টর এনক উল্লু মংগল

Read the table below once to familiarize yourself with the phonetically nearest English alphabets for each of the Bengali alphabets.