Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Input methods/shn-standard

The Shan Standard Keyboard (လွၵ်းမိုဝ်းလိၵ်ႈတႆး) is designed to input text in the Shan language using a standard keyboard layout as specified by SIIT. The keyboard layout follows the official Shan script for easy typing and is fully compatible with the Universal Language Selector in Wikimedia projects.

This keyboard maps Shan characters and punctuation to specific keys on a standard QWERTY keyboard. Here is how to type various letters and symbols using the Shan Standard Keyboard.

Basic consonants

Key	Character	Description
u	ၵ	Ga
c	ၶ	Kha
C	ꧠ	High Kha
i	င	Nga
p	ႁ	Ha
q	ၸ	Za
Z	ၾ	High Za
Q	ꩡ	High Fa
n	ၺ	Ya
N	႟	High Ya
X	ꩪ	Letter Extension
P	ႀ	High Ha
w	တ	Ta
x	ထ	Tha
e	ၼ	Na
y	ပ	Pa
z	ၽ	Pha
U	ၷ	Ga High Tone
b	ယ	Ya Low Tone
r	မ	Ma
B	ျ	Consonant Modifier
v	လ	La
W	ၻ	High Ta
o	ွ	Wa (Common usage)
E	ꧣ	Shan Letter
Y	ၿ	Bha
V	ꩮ	Shan Letter
t	ဢ	A (Glottal stop)
I	ရ	Ra
O	သ	Sa

Vowels and signs

Key	Character	Description
m	ၢ	Long Aa Vowel
g	ွ	Shan Tone Modifier
d	ိ	Short i Vowel
D	ီ	Long i Vowel
k	ု	Short u Vowel
l	ူ	Long u Vowel
a	ေ	Shan E Vowel
J	ႆ	Special Shan Letter
H	့	Stop Modifier
h	ႉ	Shan Tone Modifier
;	ႈ	High Tone Mark
f	်	Virama (Stop Sound)
F	ႂ်	High Virama Modifier
M	ႃ	Special Shan Sign

Punctuation

Key	Character	Description
>	။	Shan Full Stop
<	၊	Shan Comma
#	#	Hash
~	~	Tilde
!	!	Exclamation Mark
:	း	Shan Colon

Additional characters

Key	Character	Description
A	ဵ	E Vowel
K	ꧦ	Special Shan Sign
L	ႊ	Special Sign
s	ႄ	Shan Sign
j	ႇ	Shan Modifier
G	ႂ	Special Sign
S	ႅ	Shan Modifier
R	႞	Shan Sign
T	ြ	Consonant Modifier

Miscellaneous

Key	Character	Description
{	{	Left Brace
}	}	Right Brace
[	[	Left Bracket
]	]	Right Bracket
\	'	Apostrophe

Digits

The Shan Standard keyboard uses standard Roman numerals for input. To type digits:

Key	Character
0	0
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9