InScript home row — vowels left, consonants right — Mangal / InScript Tutor Lesson 1

What this lesson covers

InScript is the modern Unicode standard for Hindi typing. Unlike Kruti Dev, it follows a clean phonetic logic: vowels live on the left hand, consonants on the right. The home-row position is the same as English typing — F-G-H-J-K-L — but the characters they produce follow Devanagari order.

The most important rule in InScript: matras are typed AFTER the consonant they modify, which matches how Hindi is written. To type कि (ka + i-matra), you press क first, then the i-matra key. This is the opposite of Kruti Dev (where i-matra comes before).

Aspirants migrating from Kruti Dev experience the pre-base trap in reverse: their fingers want to type the matra first. Lesson 1 builds the post-base reflex from scratch.

Drills — type along, do not skip

Drill 1 — Home row position

Find F-G-H-J-K-L. Right-hand consonants only. No looking at the keyboard.

क त ह न व य क त ह न व य क त ह न व य

Net WPM 0 Accuracy 100% Errors 0

Drill 2 — Left hand vowels

Add the left hand. Vowels live here in InScript.

अ इ उ ल ण न अ इ उ ल ण न अ इ उ ल ण न

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Drill 3 — Simple matras (post-base)

Type consonant then matra. The natural sequence — matra follows consonant.

का कि की कु कू का कि की कु कू का कि की कु कू

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Drill 4 — Simple words

Real Hindi words using only the keys learnt so far.

कल यह आज राम घर नर कब कल यह आज राम घर नर कब

Net WPM 0 Accuracy 100% Errors 0

Why this lesson matters

The post-base matra rule is the biggest reason aspirants migrating to Mangal say it feels "easier" than Kruti Dev. You type Hindi the way you read Hindi — left to right, no inversions, no pre-base traps.

A candidate who learns InScript first usually reaches 25 WPM in 3-4 weeks. The same candidate learning Kruti Dev usually takes 5-7 weeks. The keyboard layout has more impact than most aspirants realise.