1) General principles
Bishnupriya Manipuri words are written in Eastern Nagri Script (Primarily used for Bengali, Assamese, Bishnupriya Manipuri, and Old Meitei (Manipuri)).
Romanization is done akṣara-wise (letter + vowel sign), but should remain easy to type in plain English letters.
Inherent vowel: a consonant without any vowel sign is written with “a” by default (example: ক → ka), unless your dictionary rules omit it.
Vowel signs (matra) modify the consonant’s vowel (example: কা → kā or ka depending on your simplified scheme).
Virama / hasanta (্) cancels the inherent vowel (example: ক্ → k).
Conjunct clusters (যুক্তাক্ষর) are romanized by their component consonants (example: ক্ত → kta).
Tip: If your site uses a simplified keyboard-friendly scheme, you can drop macrons and use aa/ii/uu instead of ā/ī/ū.
2) Vowels
Independent vowels
Script Romanized Easy typing
অ a a আ ā aa ই i i ঈ ī ii উ u u ঊ ū uu এ e e ঐ ai oi / ai ও o o ঔ au ou / au ঋ ṛ ri
Vowel signs (matra)
Sign On “ক” Romanized Easy typing
া কা kā kaa ি কি ki ki ী কী kī kii ু কু ku ku ূ কূ kū kuu ে কে ke ke ৈ কৈ kai koi / kai ো কো ko ko ৌ কৌ kau kou ৃ কৃ kṛ kri
If your dictionary uses a simplified “easy” scheme, use the “Easy typing” column as your final output.
3) Consonants
Script Romanized Easy typing Notes
ক খ গ ঘ ka kha ga gha k kh g gh Aspiration as h ঙ ṅa ng Often typed as ng চ ছ জ ঝ ca cha ja jha c ch j jh ঞ ña ny ট ঠ ড ঢ ণ ṭ ṭh ḍ ḍh ṇ T Th D Dh N Retroflex set ত থ দ ধ ন t th d dh n t th d dh n Dental set প ফ ব ভ ম p ph b bh m p ph b bh m য ya y র ra r ল la l শ ষ স ś ṣ s sh / s Many users prefer sh হ ha h ড় / য় ṛa / ẏa r / y Common “easy” mapping: ড়→r, য়→y
If your existing dictionary uses specific overrides (e.g., য়→y, ড়→r), keep those consistent across all tools.
4) Signs and special cases
Script Meaning Romanized Easy typing
্ virama (kills vowel) ∅ (omit vowel) ং anusvara ṃ / ṅ ng / m ঁ candrabindu ̃ n (nasal) ঃ visarga ḥ h
Conjuncts (যুক্তাক্ষর)
Write components in order: ক্ত → kta, ন্দ → nda, ঙ্গ → nga
If your output is “easy”, keep conjuncts readable: kto / kta style is acceptable.
5) Examples
Example A
বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী → bishnupriya manipuri (easy typing)
Example B
অক্ষর → akshar (or akṣara in strict form)
If you prefer user-friendly output, map ক্ষ as kh or ksh consistently with your dictionary.
Example C
শেফালী → shephali / sephali (choose one standard)
6) Recommended “Easy Romanized” for search
Avoid diacritics on your website search field (use aa ii uu).
Use only a-z and space.
Normalize repeated spaces and lowercase everything.
Provide fuzzy search across BPM + Romanized + English.
If you want, I can rewrite this page to match your exact dictionary’s conversion rules (your “Romanized” column output).
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