Meetei Mayek Keyboard plugin 1.0

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Meetei Mayek font plugin for Multiling O Keyboard. This is not an independent app, please install OKeyboard along with this plugin.

Instruction:​⑴ Install this plugin and Multiling O Keyboard.⑵ Run O Keyboard and follow its setup guide.⑶ Slide space bar to switch languages.

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Wikipedia:The Meithei script, Meetei Mayek, is an abugida that was used for the Meitei language (Manipuri), one of the official languages of the Indian state of Manipur, until the eighteenth century, when it was replaced by the Bengali script. A few manuscripts survive. In the twentieth century, the script experienced a resurgence.Since the Meitei language does not have voiced consonants, there are only fifteen consonant letters used for native words, plus three letters for pure vowels. Nine additional consonant letters inherited from the Indic languages are available for borrowings. There are seven vowel diacritics and a final consonant (/ŋ/) diacritic.One of the unique feature of this script is the use of body parts in naming the letters. Every letter is named after a human body part in the Meitei language. For example, the first letter "kok" means "head"; the second letter "sam" means "hair"; the third letter "lai" means "forehead", and so on.

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  • Version 1.0 posted on 2014-09-07

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