Blogging in Indian Languages

There are many Indian- bloggers out there who would like to blog in their regional language as well.. in addition to blogging in english.. but lack of proper guidelines to acomplish this ..is a real pain and many quit even before they start.

This is my attempt at providing guidelines to blog in the 11 Indian languages listed here.It is well known that inorder to read the contents written in any language , we need to have the requisite fonts installed.For the puropse of reading-writing and positing in the listed Indian languages, I Shall be using Baraha for the following
reasons

• This is a translitaor…ie you can write in the reagional language by typing in english..The texts in blue are typed in the Baraha-Editor while the text in Magenta are waht you see when you give the appropriate language settings

Typed in english Text in Regional Language namaste >        नमस्ते namaste          નમસ્ત ે namaskaarakaLu         ನಮಸ್ಕಾರಕಳು namaskaaraM >        നമസ്കാരം praNaam >        प्रणाम् vaNakkam >        வணக்கம்

BengaliGujaratiHindiKannadaMalayalamMarathiOriyaPunjabiSanskritTamilTelugu

• You need not switch between s/w if you want to incorporate text from anyother language in the same content

        In Baraha you can write in Englsih,tamizh, hindi, gujaraatI, kannaDa malayaaLaM ,sanskrit

        In Baraha you can write in Englsih,தமிழ், हिन्दि, ગુજરાતી, ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം , सन्स्क्रित्

• No need to include any seperate font file in the template to make this work with blogger.

HOW TO DO THIS ….SO THAT I CAN ALSO START BLOGGING (..COMMENTING…) IN INDIAN LANGUAGES

1. Equip yourself to the read the webpages that publish in the language of your choice

   Decide on the language that you would be primarily posting on..because you need to install the respective fonts in yoursystem..For TamilFonts Click Here..,SELECT-LOCATION —INSTALLfor the rest I would suggest that you visit any popular site in the language f your choice..they will be able to direct you towards installing required fonts.

2. Gear up to write in the language of your choice

   In order to acomplish this..

   • Download and install Baraha7 here
   • Open Baraha—Edit–Default Settings
   • Select LANGUAGE OF YOUR CHOICE from the language drop down list
   • Clik ok
   • Now start typing in englsih.. you will see the characters taking shape

   However you need to read though the Transiletaration-Rules and Transiletaration-Examples specified under each language in HELP
   This will give you an understanding towards when to use Capital-case letters and when to use SmallCase letters

3. This is how you paste your content written in Baraha
   • Open the respective baraha document..written in the regional language.
   • Select the text you want to display in regional language (or use EDIT–SELECT ALL)
   • In the window where the regional-language characters appear as you type—Right click
   • Copy special–Text UNICODE The Ordinary Copy option will not work towards pasting the characters of regional language
   • Paste — in your Post (..comments..) page

Now you have sucessfully publised a text in one of the Regional Languages… Congradulations. Hope the instructions were easy to follow and enable you to convey your ideas in regional languages as well..expand your horizon..Donot forget to be
back here to tell us how you feel after having sucessfully posted your content..your opinions will be an inspiration to someone else..oh!yeah!..dont forget to metion this post in your Credits list..Enjoy..