US 2003O195741A1 
                      (19) United States 
                      (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2003/0195741A1 
                             Mani et al.                                                                          (43) Pub. Date:                           Oct. 16, 2003 
                      (54)  SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WRITING                                                 (52)  U.S. Cl.  ..................................................................  704/8 
                               INDIAN LANGUAGES USING ENGLISH 
                               ALPHABET                                                                   (57)                          ABSTRACT 
                      (76)  Inventors:  Babu V. Mani, Plano, TX (US); Anees 
                                              B. Mani, Plano, TX (US)                                     A System and method for writing Indian languages using the 
                               Correspondence Address:                                                     English writing Scheme is provided that includes Specifying 
                               BABU W MAN                                                                  a Script using the English alphabet to represent the various 
                               2325 TERPING PLACE                                                         characters and character combinations in various Indian 
                               PLANO, TX 75025 (US)                                                       languages. The Specified Script follows the writing conven 
                                                                                                          tions of English. This script is based on how the Indian 
                      (21)  Appl. No.:              10/121,820                                            languages are spoken and rules are specified to facilitate 
                                                                                                          mapping the Sounds represented in English characters to the 
                      (22)  Filed:                  Apr. 12, 2002                                         native language in its written form. This common method is 
                                                                                                          intended for writing Hindi and related languages, Such as 
                                           Publication Classification                                     Sanskrit, Marathi, and Gujarathi, and Bengali and Somewhat 
                                                                                                          distant, but closely related Dravidian languages, Such as 
                      (51)  Int. Cl.  ..................................................  G06F 17/28      Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, and Telegu. 
                                       B-SCRIPT:                    KA  KHA  GA  GHA NGA CA  CHA  A  JHA  NJA 
                                       MALAYALAM                    d         6         ()       ch        68        a         a Co       2       GS)       60S) 
                                       DEWANAGRI:                   th        to     ||  T        t        s         d                  y         s 
                                                                    301       3.02      .303     304  305  306  307  308  309  310 
                                       B-SCRIPT:                    TA  TDADA  DTANHATHA TJA  DJA  DHANA 
                                       MALAYALAM:                   S         O         ()        CU9      6)  (O)                      (3        (U)         O 
                                       DEWANAGR:                    a                   s                  UT        d         2        c          t        r 
                                                                    311       312  313  314  315  316  317  318  319  320 
                                       B-SCRIPT:                    PA  FA  BA  BHA  MA  YA  RA  RHA  LA  LHA 
                                       MALAYALAM:                    o          ?       s         e         2        CO                  O                  g3 
                                       DEWANAGR:                    t         th        e                   H         T        w         g        rt 
                                                                     321      322  323  324  325  326  327  328  329  330 
                                       B-SCRIPT:                    ZHAWA  SA  SHAZA  HA 
                                       MALAYALAM:                    9                  ()         S.       (?o        O 
                                        DEVANAGRI:                   ca,      e                   t         9T        s 
                                                                     331       332  333  334  335  336 
                                                                                                    CONSONANTS 
                                                   Patent Application Publication  Oct. 16, 2003  Sheet 1 of 4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    US 2003/0195741 A1 
                                                                                                                                               SHORT WOWELS                                                                                                                           LONG WOWELS 
                                                               B-SCRIPT:                                                                       A                           E                                                    O                          U                         AA  EE |  |  |                                                        |    |     OO  UU 
                                                               MALAYALAM:                                                                       (Go ||  Og)                                           go                         63                        g)                         (30                        og                        go?o                        630                       go 
                                                               DEVANAGIRI:                                                                     3T || Q  || 5  || 3rt|| 3  || 31T ||  |                                                                                                                                          || 3  || 3rt                                                      3, 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       109                        110 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 OTHERWOWELS 
                                                                B-SCRIPT:                                                                       A                          AU  RW  RWU LW  LWU AMX ANX AM  AHX 
                                                                 MALAYALAM:                                                                      6)ng)                      63O || gg                                             m                          -                          -                         -                          -                          Goo  Go.3 
                                                                DEVANAGRI:                                                                      it                         3it                           is                      tie                           3 || 2  || 3  ||3f                                                                                      31 H|| 3: 
                                                                                                                                                  111                        112  113  114                                                                                              116 
                                                                                                                                                                                                      FIGURE 1: WOWELS 
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                  B-SCRIPT: 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MALAYALAM: 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    DEWANAGRI:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         T                                                                                    . 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      OTHER WOWELS 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        B-SCRIPT: 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       MALAYALAM: 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         DEVANAGR: 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             FIGURE 2: WOWELSYMBOLS 
                   Patent Application Publication  Oct. 16, 2003  Sheet 3 of 4                                               US 2003/0195741 A1 
                       B-SCRIPT:                     KA  KHA GA  GHA NGA CA  CHA || JA                                              UHA  NJA 
                       MALAYALAM:                    do       6)        O)                  63        in        o Co        2       O)  6O) 
                       DEWANAGRI:                   th         o        JT         t        s         vd                  vil       s 
                                                    301       3.02.     303  304  305  306  307  308  309  310 
                       B-SCRIPT:                    T         TDADA  DTA  NHA || THATUA || OJA  DHANA 
                       MALAYALAM:                              O                  CU9       6         O          ?h        B        ()        CO 
                       DEVANAGRI:                   al                   g                  UT                  s                    T 
                                                     311      312  313  314  315  316  317  318  319  320 
                       B-SCRIPT:                     PA        FA        BA || BHA  MA  YA  RA  RHA  LA  LHA 
                       MALAYALAM:                                        6)        s                  CO        O                             S3 
                       DEVANAGR:                                         q  || 3         || H  ||           ||        ||         ||  r  || 
                       B-SCRIPT:                     ZHAWA  SA  SHAZA  HA 
                       MALAYALAM                     9         O         (l)        S.       CfO        O 
                       DEWANAGRI:                    ea        o         l         t         9T       a. 
                                                                    FIGURE 3: CONSONANTS