Easy Kannada Typing

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  For example:
  Typing "Namaskara" will be converted into "ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ".
  Typing "Nivu hegiddiri?" will be converted into "ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ?".
  Typing "Dhanyavadagalu" will be converted into "ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು".

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Kannada, also known as Kanarese or Canarese, is a Dravidian language^[1] spoken primarily in Karnataka State in South India^[1], and by significant minorities in the states of Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra^[1]. Kannada has a literature that dates from the ninth century^[1].

The language is spoken by approximately 43.7 million native speakers^[2] and by over 12.9 million non-native speakers, bringing total speakers to approximately 56.6 million. The University of Pennsylvania reports approximately 38 million speakers^[1].

Kannada script is closely related to the Telugu script^[3]. It is written from Left to Right and has 49 letters in addition to 1 obsolete vowel and 2 obsolete consonants.

• Vowels (13 Letters): ಅ, ಇ, ಉ, ಋ, ಎ, ಐ, ಒ, ಔ, ಆ, ಈ, ಊ, ಏ, ಓ
• Obsolete Vowels (1 Letter): ೠ
• Structured Consonants (25 Letters): ಕ, ಖ, ಗ, ಘ, ಙ, ಚ, ಛ, ಜ, ಝ, ಞ, ಟ, ಠ, ಡ, ಢ, ಣ, ತ, ಥ, ದ, ಧ, ನ, ಪ, ಫ, ಬ, ಭ, ಮ
• Unstructured Consonants (9 Letters): ಯ, ರ, ಲ, ವ, ಶ, ಷ, ಸ, ಹ, ಳ
• Obsolete Unstructured Consonants (2 Letters): ಱ, ೞ
• Yogavaha (part-vowel, part consonant) (2 Letters): ಅಂ, ಅಃ
• Ardhavisarga (2 Letters): ೱ, ೲ
• Numbers in Kannada: ೦(0), ೧(1), ೨(2), ೩(3), ೪(4), ೫(5), ೬(6), ೭(7), ೮(8), ೯(9)