| Layout Name | Description | |-------------|-------------| | | Phonetic – type English letters to get Tamil (e.g., "ka" → க) | | Tamil (Typewriter) | Matches old mechanical Tamil typewriters | | Tamil 99 | Standardized layout for touch typing (recommended for advanced users) | | InScript | Government standard layout used across many Indian languages |
Example mappings (common letters):
| Layout Name | Description | Best for | |-------------|-------------|----------| | | Traditional physical keyboard layout – keys mapped to Sinhala letters directly | Touch typists familiar with physical Sinhala keyboards | | Sinhala (Phonetic) | Type based on English pronunciation (e.g., "kama" → කම) | Beginners, English typists | sinhala tamil ime for windows 11
| Type this → | Gets this Sinhala letter | |-------------|--------------------------| | k | ක | | kaa / kā | කා | | ki | කි | | ke | කෙ | | g | ග | | t | ට | | th | ත | | p | ප | | m | ම | | y | ය | | r | ර | | l | ල | | v / w | ව | | s | ස | | h | හ | | n | න | | b | බ | | u | උ | | o | ඔ | | e | එ | "kama" → කම) | Beginners