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Writing Gujarati words using PramukhIME is as easy as writing our names in English. For quick
help, checkout the following image. This image shows which letter(s) will be printed when you
press a particular key (combination). Press F12 (or your preferred Shortcut Key) to switch
between English and Gujarati.

Note: Typing is case-sensitive. Typing small "a" and capital "A" will yield different letters.
Make sure "Caps Lock" key is not ON.
Quick Links:Vowel, Consonant, Digit, Other, Symbol, Rule, ZWJ/ZWNJ character, Example
Vowel
= a, = A/aa, = i, = I/ee, = u, = U/oo, = Ru, = RU, = e,
= E, = ai, = o, = O, = a/ou, ~ = aM, ~ = aM~, = a:/H
Consonant
= k, = kh, = g, = gh, = NG
= ch, = Ch, = j, = z, = NY
= T, = Th, = D, = Dh, = N
= t, = th, = d, = dh, = n
= p, = f/ph, = b, = bh, = m
Gujarati Transliteration
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= y, = r, = l, = v, = sh/S, = Sh, = s, = h, = L, H = x/kSh,
T = Gy
Digit
= 0, = 1, = 2, = 3, = 4, = 5, = 6, = 7, = 8, = 9
Other
= & (Avagrah)
= OM
= * (Nukta)
= M~ (Chandrabindu)
Zero Width Joiner = ^
Zero Width Non Joiner = ^^
= | (Devanagari danda)
= || (Devanagari double danda)
Note: Round symbol in Nukta and Chandrabindu represent placeholder for consonant character
Symbol
The English symbols [ ] { } ( ) < > - + / = ; . , " ? ! % \ _ $ @ # ~ translate into
the same symbols
Symbols & * : ^ | have special meaning. You can type this way
& = &~
* = *~
: = :~
^ = ^~
| = |~
These symbols will type Gujarati characters first but if "~" will be followed, it will
remove previously typed Gujarati character and then type the symbol.
Rule
1. Consonant is followed by vowel character to make live consonant. Last
consonant of the word contains implicit "a" vowel.
Example
| l 5 5 5 5
ka kA ki kI ku kU kRu kRU kE ke kai ko kO kau kaM kaM~ ka:
2. Two or more consecutive consonants make consonant cluster. The last
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consonant takes the full form and all preceding consonants within cluster take
half form
Example
can be written by typing "namaskAr"
3. Special consonant cluster forms (ligature) will be created automatically if it is
available in the font. Look at the examples for clarification. All possible
ligatures may not be given in the example. Try typing the consonant
combinations according to ligature pronounciation and hopefully it will work.
For example, try typing "vidhyA", "viDyA", "vidyA" to get the correct ligature
for "dy" in "vidyA".
ZWJ/ZWNJ character
As per Rule # 3, ligature will be rendered. ZWJ and ZWNJ characters are used to
produce alternate rendering of ligature.
A consonant followed by ZWJ character will produce half-formed consonant
character.
Example
\ = prashn
\ = prash^n
A consonant followed by ZWNJ character will produce dead consonant character.
Example
\ = prashn
\ = prash^^n
If two english characters are making one Gujarati Vowel (i.e. ai, au), then ZWJ
character is used to separate them into two different vowels. It will not add ZWJ
character but only considered as the separator between two vowels.
Example
= airAvat
= a^irAvat
Example
= namaste
\ = suprabhAt
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= karm
= shrI
0 = vidyA
= vid^^yA
1 = padm
u = vidvAn
\ = prashn
\ = prash^n
= ann
- = an^n
= ud^^ghoSh
H = daMDavat^^
= thai
= tha^i
= dau
= da^u
& = &~
* = *~
: = :~
^ = ^~
| = |~
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