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is the Hindi keyboard incomplete?

I just found the Hindi keyboard on iPhone but I noticed that a lot of the letters are missing. For example, the full version of the vowels (which is necessary if I want to start a sentence with one) and the aspirated characters like ch, bh, ph, kh, gh, th, etc ... I was really excited that Apple finally added this to the list of international keyboards but it's sort of pointless if I can't even type properly with it. Is there just something I'm missing here or is it an incomplete keyboard?? It's funny, I would think with all the Indian developers working at Apple that someone would have taken more care when creating this keyboard!


Anyone else who has used this please let me know your experience. Thanks!



*Pooja*

iPhone 4S-OTHER, iOS 5

Posted on Oct 22, 2011 8:55 PM

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Posted on Oct 26, 2011 7:41 PM

It looks to me like the full vowels are on the shift characters as are the aspirated consonants. Is that not what you are seeing?


Also I only get an INSCRIPT layout (vowels/matras on the left, consonants on the right) regardless of which keyboard I choose in the preferences. Are you seeing that behavior as well?

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Oct 26, 2011 7:41 PM in response to psha85

It looks to me like the full vowels are on the shift characters as are the aspirated consonants. Is that not what you are seeing?


Also I only get an INSCRIPT layout (vowels/matras on the left, consonants on the right) regardless of which keyboard I choose in the preferences. Are you seeing that behavior as well?

Oct 26, 2011 7:52 PM in response to Rothrock

Omg i feel so dumb! I never even tried pressing the shift key.. i just wasn't thinking about it since it's not necessary in Hindi.. haha.. yes, now they all appear! But ya, i also get the INSCRIPT layout and i noticed it doesn't change regardless of the keyboard option I choose. Thanks for your help! 🙂

Apr 23, 2012 7:59 PM in response to ignotus

Is that प्रभवः and सुप्रभात?


What part are you having trouble with? To combine consonants you use the halant key ् which is third from the left in the middle row. All the non-aspirated sounds are represented by the consonants on the right half of the keyboard and all the matras (short vowel forms are on the left side).


You press shift to get the full vowel forms and the aspirated consonants and a few of the other sounds (I'm not sure exactly what to call them).


Any of the signs and marks that combine with other characters will have a round dotted circle to indicate that they are combining marks.

is the Hindi keyboard incomplete?

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