Bengali KaGaPa (Phonetic) Keyboard Cheat Sheet

Description: Based on the KaGaPa/Baraha/Nudi layout. Phonetic mapping for typing Bengali (India) characters.

Modifier Keys: Base (Normal press), Shift (⇧ + Key), AltGr (⎇ + Key), AltGr + Shift (⎇ + ⇧ + Key).

🔢 Number Row

Key	Base	Shift (⇧)	AltGr (⎇)	AltGr + Shift	Notes
`~	`	~	“		Left double quote
1	1	!	১		Bengali 1
2	2	@	২	₨	Bengali 2, Rupee (Gen)
3	3	#	৩		Bengali 3
4	4	$	৪	₹	Bengali 4, INR Sign
5	5	%	৫		Bengali 5
6	6	^	৬	ZWNJ	Bengali 6, Zero-Width Non-Joiner
7	7	&	৭	ZWJ	Bengali 7, Zero-Width Joiner
8	8	*	৮	◌ঁ	Bengali 8, Chandrabindu
9	9	(	৯		Bengali 9
0	0	)	০	৽	Bengali 0, Abbreviation sign
-	-	_	◌॒		Anudatta
=	=	+

🔠 A to Z (and Symbols)

Key	Base	Shift (⇧)	AltGr (⎇)	AltGr + Shift	Notes
A	◌া	আ	অ		aa matra, Aa, short a
B	ব	ভ	ৰ		ba, bha, Assamese ra
C	চ	ছ			ca, cha
D	দ	ধ			da, dha (Dental)
E	◌ে	◌ৈ	এ	ঐ	e/ai (Matras & Vowels)
F	◌্	◌ৄ	ৠ		Virama (Hasant), Vocalic RR
G	গ	ঘ			ga, gha
H	হ	◌ঃ	ᳵ	ᳶ	ha, Visarga, Jihvamuliya, Upadhmaniya
I	◌ি	◌ী	ই	ঈ	i/ii (Matras & Vowels)
J	জ	ঝ			ja, jha
K	ক	খ			ka, kha
L	ল	ল	◌ৢ	ঌ	la, Vocalic L (Matra & Vowel)
M	ম	ং	ঽ	ঀ	ma, Anusvara (Oneshwar), Avagraha, Anji
N	ন	ণ			na, nna
O	◌ো	◌ৌ	ও	ঔ	o/au (Matras & Vowels)
P	প	ফ			pa, pha
Q	ট	ঠ			Ta, Tha (Retroflex)
R	র	◌ৃ	ঋ	ৰ	Ra, Vocalic R, Assamese Ra
S	স	শ			sa, sha
T	ত	থ	ৎ		ta, tha (Dental), Khanda ta
U	◌ু	◌ূ	উ	ঊ	u/uu (Matras & Vowels)
V	ৱ	◌ৌ	ঔ	ৗ	Assamese wa, matra au, au, length mark
W	ড	ঢ	ড়	ঢ়	Da, Dha (Retroflex + Nukta)
X	ষ	়			ssa, nukta below
Y	য	য়			Ya, Yya (Nukta)
Z	ঞ	ঙ			nya, nga
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**	||	।	॥		Danda, Double Danda
;	;	:	ᳲ	ᳳ	Ardhavisarga / Rotated Ardhavisarga
'	'	“	◌॑	”	Udatta, Right double quote
,	,	<
.	.	>
/	/	?