Other names | Meitei Keyboard Meetei Keyboard Meetei Mayek Keyboard Manipuri Keyboard |
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Developer(s) | Apple Inc., Google, Microsoft |
Written in | Meitei script ( Manipuri script) |
Operating system | Android, iOS, iOS 13, iPadOS, Linux, Mac OS, Windows |
Available in | Meitei language ( Manipuri language) |
Meitei input methods are the methods that allow users of computers (desktops, laptops and keyboards) to input texts in the Meitei script (Manipuri script), systematically for Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language). [1]
The Unicode charts of Meetei Mayek script are found in the following PDFs:
The total number of characters in the Meitei Mayek script are:
The Meitei Mayek Gboard has most of the Unicode characters for the script but it still has some issues. Some characters including (apun), (onap), (eenap/inap) and (lum) are missing. Standard and historical characters are mixed up. [2]
The Apple iOS 13 keyboard system supports the Manipuri language in both Meetei Mayek (Meetei script) as well as Bengali script. Apple users can go to Settings> General>Keyboards>Keyboards> and then tap on Add New Keyboard. [3] [4] [5]
Google Translate supports the phonetic keyboard to type the characters of the Meitei script.
The Linux software system can render the Meitei Mayek keyboard. To install it, the font file (EPAOMAYEK.ttf) should be copied to fonts:/// in the File Manager of the user. [6]
Mac OS can render the Meitei Mayek keyboard, in various forms. It can be installed under Mac OS X as follows : font file (EPAOMAYEK.ttf) >> /Library/Fonts (for all users), or >> /Users/Your_username/Library/Fonts (for your personal use only). If the Font Book is present in the user's OS, then: double-click on a font file >> a preview pops with an "Install font" button. It can also be installed under Mac OS 9 or less as follows: the fonts suitcases should be dragged into the System folder and should be added to the Fonts folder [6]
In the year 2015, the Microsoft SwiftKey keyboard supported Meitei (Manipuri), during its addition of 9 new Indian languages to the software system. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
The Manipuri Keyboard or Meitei Mayek Keyboard on the Windows was developed by Nongthonbam Tonthoi. Its version is 1.6.0. It can be installed on the Windows by using Android App Players like BlueStacks, Nox, KOPlayer, etc. [12] [6]
It can be installed under the Windows Vista as follows : Select the font file (EPAOMAYEK.ttf) >> Right-click >> Install. It can also be installed under any version of Windows as follows : Place the font file (EPAOMAYEK.ttf) into the Fonts folder, usually C:\Windows\Fonts or C:\WINNT\Fonts (or by the Start Menu >> Control Panel >> Appearance and Themes >> Fonts). [6]
The new update brings 15 new Indian language keyboards. The list includes Assamese, Bodo, Dogri, Kashmiri (Devanagari, Arabic), Konkani (Devanagari), Manipuri (Bangla, Meetei Mayek), Maithili, Nepali, Sanskrit, Santali (Devanagari, Ol Chiki), and Sindhi (Devanagari, Arabic).
Apple new iOS 13 now supports all 22 Indian languages, with the addition of 15 new Indian language keyboards: Assamese, Bodo, Dogri, Kashmiri (Devanagari, Arabic), Konkani (Devanagari), Manipuri (Bangla, Meetei Mayek), Maithili, Nepali, Sanskrit, Santali (Devanagari, Ol Chiki), and Sindhi (Devanagari, Arabic).
This time, Apple's new operating system iOS 13, has introduced 15 new Indian language keyboards and support all the 22 official language of the country, including Meitei Mayek, Bangla.
The new update now supports nine new Indian languages. These are Bodo, Dogri, Kashmiri, Konkani (in both Devanagari and Kannada scripts), Maithili, Manipuri, Sanskrit, Santali and Sindhi.
SwiftKey Keyboard for Android introduced adaptive layouts for an additional nine Indian languages as a free app update (5.3.2). These includes [ sic] Bengali, Punjabi, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Assamese, Oriya, Konkani and Manipuri.
Our new additions are Bodo, Dogri, Kashmiri, Konkani (in both Devanagari and Kannada scripts), Maithili, Manipuri, Sanskrit, Santali and Sindhi.
Out of these 13 are already on the app, and the additional ones are Kashmiri, Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Sanskrit, Manipuri, Santali, Sindhi and Konkani.
Our new additions are Bodo, Dogri, Kashmiri, Konkani (in both Devanagari and Kannada scripts), Maithili, Manipuri, Sanskrit, Santali and Sindhi.