Apple Indian Language Kit - Manual (Page 25)

Gurmukhi Nukta consonants
Nukta Nukta
Consonant Character Consonant
m The Nukta also helps to create the “soft Halant.” The soft Halant retains a
“half-form” for the preceding consonant and prevents it from combining
with the following consonant into a new character. To create a soft Halant,
type a Halant followed by the Nukta character. For example:
M d ] ;
The Bindi and Tippi nasals
In the Gurmukhi script, the Bindi and Tippi add the nasal sound to a long and
a short vowel, respectively. Type the same key to create both characters. The
computer automatically adds a Bindi after a long vowel, and a Tippi after a
short one.
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