Script Reference

35 characters — 24 consonants, 4 extra, 6 vowels, plus the extender and sukun.

Consonants (1–24)

#	Vinara	Thaana	Key	Shift	Romanization	Origin
1	h	ހ	h	—	h	Thaana ހ
2	S	ށ	s	Shift + s	sh	Thaana ށ
3	n	ނ	n	—	n	Dhives Akuru 𑤐
4	r	ރ	r	—	r	Latin r
5	b	ބ	b	—	b	Latin b
6	L	ޅ	l	Shift + l	lh	Dhives Akuru 𑤧
7	k	ކ	k	—	k	Latin k
8	W	އ	w	Shift + w	alifu	Dhives Akuru 𑤆
9	v	ވ	v	—	v	Thaana ވ
10	m	މ	m	—	m	Hiragana み
11	f	ފ	f	—	f	Chinese 飞
12	D	ދ	d	Shift + d	dh	Thaana ދ
13	T	ތ	t	Shift + t	th	Thaana ތ
14	l	ލ	l	—	l	Dhives Akuru 𑤨
15	g	ގ	g	—	g	Dhives Akuru 𑤎
16	N	ޏ	n	Shift + n	gn	Dhives Akuru 𑤕
17	s	ސ	s	—	s	Katakana フ
18	d	ޑ	d	—	d	Chinese 干
19	z	ޒ	z	—	z	Dhives Akuru 𑤯
20	t	ޓ	t	—	t	Dhives Akuru 𑤌
21	y	ޔ	y	—	y	Latin y / Katakana ス
22	p	ޕ	p	—	p	Latin p
23	j	ޖ	j	—	j	Dhives Akuru 𑤣
24	C	ޗ	c	Shift + c	ch	Dhives Akuru 𑤒

Extra Consonants (25–28)

No Thaana equivalent. These characters extend Vinara to cover English sounds.

#	Vinara	Thaana	Key	Shift	Romanization
25	c	—	c	—	c
26	q	—	q	—	q
27	w	—	w	—	w
28	x	—	x	—	x

Vowels (29–34) & Extender

#	Vinara	Thaana	Key	Short	+ Extender	Origin
29	a	ަ	a	a	aa	Latin a
30	e	ެ	e	e	ey	Latin e
31	i	ި	i	i	ee	Hiragana い
32	o	ޮ	o	o	oa	Thaana ޮ
33	u	ު	u	u	oo	Thaana ު
34	X	—	x	Vowel extender		Katakana ―

Keyboard Map

Visual QWERTY layout. Each key shows the unshifted Vinara glyph and (if applicable) the shifted glyph.

The 35th Character

The 35th character (typed as X) is the vowel extender. When placed after a vowel, it extends that vowel into its long form:

a + X = aa
e + X = ey
i + X = ee
o + X = oa
u + X = oo

Sukun

In Vinara, sukun is written using the 35th character, typed as Shift + q. When placed after certain consonants at the end of a word, it indicates no vowel follows (implied sukun).

W + Q = h (glottal stop, އް)
s + Q = s (ސް)
n + Q = n (ން)
T + Q = th (ތް)
S + Q = sh (glottal stop, ށް)

In transliteration, you can type hh to specify ށް instead of އް.

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