Common Resources for Indian Languages

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Basic Information

• A list of Indian languages.
• Indian languages reference list, WWWVL.
• Yamada language guides.

Fonts and Software

• Indian fonts FAQ.
• South Asian Language Fonts (Dec 1994) is a report for inclusion in the South Asia Gopher.
• Indian font families:
  • Proprietary: [InProS] [SaralSoft] [Vijay] [4] [Deodars]
  • Unitype: Windows 95/98 or NT 4.0; multi-language software including translations between supported languages.
  • Shareware: [1]
  • Indian language keyboard conversion: [1]
  • TeX for Indian languages can be downloaded from any of the CTAN (Comprehensive Tex Archive Network) sites. Choose the mirror closest to you. In the list of currently supported languages below, the link is to the UK site.
    • Bengali
    • Devanagari
    • Gurmukhi
    • Oriya
    • Malayalam
    • Sanskrit
    • Tamil
    • Telugu
  • ITRANS v4.04: Package for Transliterations. This is also available from any of the CTAN sites. This link is to the UK mirror.
  • IWrite32: Windows 95/98/NT 4.0; transliteration tool, basic text editing, fonts and much more.
  • The Multilingual PC directory
  • Other guides to Indian Language resources: [Doshi]

  Language Tutorials and Teaching Aids

  History and Relationship to other Languages

  • The Influence of Austric on Indian Languages

  Language, Literature and Songs

  • The Cyberindia Collection.

  Trivia

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