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Virtual keyboard layout design for Meetei Mayek script for Manipuri language

The existing Gboard methods provide two ways to enter in Meetei Mayek script - direct and transliteration. This effort tries to improve the direct input method.

Unicode charts of Meetei Mayek script

https://unicode.org/charts/PDF/UABC0.pdf

https://unicode.org/charts/PDF/UAAE0.pdf

Number of total characters in meitei mayek script:

  • 56 standard characters
  • 23 extension characters

56 standard characters:

  • 27 mapi characters
  • 8 lonsum characters
  • 8 cheinap characters
  • 3 khudam characters
  • 10 cheising characters (10 digits)

Issues with the existing layout in Gboard

  • Some characters are missing - (apun), (onap), (nung), (lum)
  • Standard and historical characters are mixed up

New design

Primary layout

On the last row:

꯫ . (cheikhei dot) : cheikhei will be used more often than dot

, ꯬ (comma lum) : comma will be used more often than lum

Extensions layout

Numbers layout

Rationale of this design

This design includes all the standard characters. It also separates the standard and historical characters into separate views.

Primary layout:

  • The characters are placed in a similar way to how it's taught in school. This will make it easier to look for a character.

  • (ꯒ,ꯘ) (ꯕ,ꯚ) (ꯗ,ꯙ) (ꯏ,ꯢ) are grouped because of the similarity -

    character romanized character romanized
    g gh
    b v or bh
    d dh
    ꯢ is the lonsum of ꯏ
  • The lonsums are in a separate row which makes it a little easier to find.

  • All the cheitap characters are grouped together.

Extension characters layout:

  • The extension characters are historical and not usually used in print and media. So a separate view.

Huiyen Lanpao Manipur Daily Meeteilon Edition:

http://hueiyenlanpao.com/meeteilon/

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