Lipikaar is a simple method for typing in Malayalam on an ordinary keyboard. It requires only some familiarity with the regular English keyboard and encourages the user to think in his/her regional language. It works on all Windows Applications which support Unicode - MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Internet Explorer and others.
Rule 1:Type s once for സ, twice for ശand thrice for ഷ.
Also, to attach ര or ഋ to an alphabet as in ക്ര, കൃ type r repeatedly after the alphabet.
For ക്ര , type krr, for കൃ, type krrr.
For മേലോട്ട് , type meelootttxtttx ; for ഉണ്ട് type uuunnxtttx
Rule 3:For example ം ഃ ഴ ഽ
Refer to the following table to understand the mapping for the different characters in the script.
| a | ാ അ ആ |
| b | ബ ഭ |
| c | ച ഛ ക്ഷ |
| d | ദ ധ ഡ ഢ ദ്ധ ദ്വ ദ്യ ദ്ദ ദ്ന ദ്മ |
| e | െ േ ൈ എ ഏ ഐ |
| f | ഫ |
| g | ഗ ഘ ങ |
| h | ഹ ഹ്മ ഹ്യ ഹ്ല ഹ്ന ഹ്വ |
| i | ി ീ ഇ ഈ |
| j | ജ ഝ ജ്ഞ ഞ ഴ |
| k | ക ഖ ൿ ക്ത |
| l | ല ള ല് ള് ൢ ൣ ഌ ൡ |
| m | മ |
| n | ന ണ ന് ണ് |
| o | ൊ ോ ൌ ഒ ഓ ഔ ൗ |
| p | പ ഫ |
| q | zwj zwnj |
| r | ര ്ര ൃ ൄ ര് റ റ് ര് ഋ ൠ |
| s | സ ശ ഷ ശ്ര |
| t | ത ഥ ട ഠ ത്ര |
| u | ു ൂ ഉ ഊ |
| v,w | വ |
| x | ് |
| y | യ ഞ |
| z | ം ഃ ഴ ഽ |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
| ൧ | ൨ | ൩ | ൪ | ൫ | ൬ | ൭ | ൮ | ൯ | ൦ |
| A | അ ആ |
| B | ഭ |
| C | ഛ ക്ഷ |
| D | ഡ ഢ |
| E | എ ഏ ഐ |
| G | ങ |
| I | ഇ ഈ |
| J | ഴ ഞ |
| K | ൿ |
| L | ല് ള് ഌ ൡ |
| N | ന് ണ് |
| O | ഒ ഓ ഔ |
| R | റ ര് ഋ ൠ |
| S | ശ ഷ ശ്ര |
| T | ട ഠ ത്ര |
| U | ഉ ഊ |
| Z | ഽ |
The following table shows how to type some commonly used conjunct consonants.
| ട ttt |
+ | ് x |
+ | ട ttt |
= | ട്ട |
| ജ j |
+ | ് x |
+ | ജ j |
= | ജ്ജ |
| ക k |
+ | ് x |
+ | ക k |
= | ക്ക |
| ശ ss |
+ | ് x |
+ | ച c |
= | ശ്ച |
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