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Keystrokes mapping to sylheti (at present, the same as Bengali) characters:
English letter (or combination)
Translated
Example
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a
AA-kar
B[a]t (rice)
A
AA
[A]m (mango)
b
bo
[b]ka (scold)
B
Bho
[B]at (rice)
c
cho
[c]ur (thief)
C
CHO
[C]ad (ceiling)
d
do
[d]rja (door)
dh
DHo
[dh]an (paddy)
D
DO
[D]ak (mail/call)
DR
DRO
c[DR] (slap)
e
AE-kar
h[e] (he)
E
AE (letter)
[E]k (one)
f
fo
[f]altu (for nothing)
g
go
[g]an (song)
G
GHo
[G]am (sweat)
h
ho
[h]at (hand)
i
ee-kar
c[i]n[i] (sugar)
I
Hrosho-ee (letter)
[E]lish (fish)
j
Borgyo-jo
AE[j] (today)
J or z or Z
Ontosto-jo
[z]ela (like that)
k
ko
[k]ila (like how)
K
Kho
[K]et (field)
l
lo
[l]eKa (write)
m
mo
[m]iCki (cunning/shrewd)
n
dontyo-no
[n]era (bald)
o
o-letter
[o]jgr (python)
oi
oi-kaar
k[oi] (fish)
ou
ou-kaar
c[ou]bacca (water tank)
O
O-letter
[O]la
p
po
[p]DRa (study)
r
ro
[r]aIt (night)
s
dontyo-sho
[s]at (seven)
sh
talobbo-sho
Eli[sh]
t
to
[t]ala (lock)
th
tho
[th]ala (dish)
T
TO
[T]an (pull)
TH
THO
[TH]anDa (cold)
u
hrosho-u
l[u]ci (eatable)
U
hrosho-u (letter)
[U]TH (get up)
y
ontosto-o
myla (dirt)
ya
jofola+aakar
dh[ya]n (meditation)
full-stop (.)
dari
comma (,)
comma