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[[File:Tamil 99 keyboard.jpg|300px|thumb|Digraphic Tamil 99 keyboard with the Latin and Tamil scripts]]<br />
The '''[[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[keyboard layout|keyboard]]''' is used in [[computer]]s and [[mobile device]]s to input text in the [[Tamil script]].<br />
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The keyboard layout approved by the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] is [[Tamil 99]]. The [[InScript keyboard]] is the keyboard layout standardized by the [[Government of India]] for inputting text in the [[languages of India]] written in [[Brahmic scripts]].<br />
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Tamil keyboards are often [[digraphia|digraphic]], combining the Tamil script with the [[Latin alphabet]].<br />
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==Tamil input methods==<br />
There are different systems developed to type Tamil language characters using a typewriter or a computer keyboard. Several programs such as [[Azhagi (software)|Azhagi]] and NHM writer provide both fixed and phonetic type layouts for typing.<br />
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==Phonetic Computer Layouts==<br />
* [[Google transliteration]]<br />
* [[Google IME|Google Input Method Editors(Google IME)]]<br />
* [[Azhagi (software)|Transliteration provided by Azhagi software]]<br />
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==Tamil 99==<br />
{{Main|Tamil 99}}<br />
'''Tamil 99''' is a [[keyboard layout]] approved by the [[Tamil Nadu]] Government. The layout, along with several monolingual and bilingual fonts for use with the [[Tamil language]], was approved by Government order on 13 June 1999.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tamil Font Encoding and Keyboard Layout standards of the Tamilnadu Government|url=http://tamilelibrary.org/teli/tnstd.html|publisher=Tamil Electronic Library|date=2005-11-16|accessdate=2010-05-17}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=January 2026}}<br />
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Designed for use with a normal QWERTY keyboard, typing follows a consonant-vowel pattern. The arrangement of the characters allow for fast and simple typing for users familiar with the script.<br />
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==InScript==<br />
{{Main|InScript}}<br />
'''InScript''' (Indian Script) is the standard keyboard for Indian [[Writing system|script]]s. It is a [[touch typing]] [[keyboard layout]] for computer. This keyboard layout is standardized by [[Government of India]] for inputting text in [[languages of India]] written in [[Brahmic scripts]], as well as the [[Santali language]], written in the non-Brahmic [[Ol Chiki]] script.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tdil.mit.gov.in/keyoverlay.htm |title=TDIL – Inscript Keyboard |access-date=2012-12-19 |archive-date=2011-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716162534/http://tdil.mit.gov.in/keyoverlay.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was developed by Indian Government and supported by several public and private organisations. This is the standard keyboard for 12 Indian scripts including [[Bengali alphabet|Bengali]], [[Devanagari]], [[Gujarati script|Gujarati]], [[Gurmukhi]], [[Kannada script|Kannada]], [[Malayalam script|Malayalam]], [[Oriya script|Oriya]], [[Tamil script|Tamil]] and [[Telugu script|Telugu]] etc.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Tamil 99]]<br />
* [[InScript]]<br />
* [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Brahmic_keyboard_layouts Brahmic keyboard layouts]<br />
* [[Keyboard layout]]<br />
* [[Tamil (Unicode block)]]<br />
* [[Tamil blogosphere]]<br />
* [[Tamil All Character Encoding]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://tamilfontconverter.com/bamini-tamil-keyboard/ Bamini tamil keyboard]<br />
* http://ildc.in/inscriptlayout.html<br />
* http://tamilelibrary.org/teli/tnstd.html<br />
* http://tamilnation.org/digital/tamilnet99/report.htm<br />
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