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િ ર ર િ િ ર

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Gujarati

◌િF

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Left index finger

Press lightly, then return to the home row.

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Follow the highlighted character and finger. Correct mistakes with Backspace, then build a steady rhythm. Lesson progress resets when you change stage, layout or input mode, or leave this page.

Find your index fingers

Find the bumps at the F and J positions. Alternate your index fingers; use either thumb for Space.

These are key-position drills, not words. The large key label shows the output; the small label names its US keyboard position. Follow the highlighted finger. Slow down until each movement feels comfortable; speed comes with accurate repetition.

Add your middle fingers

Place your middle fingers beside your index fingers. Tap lightly and keep the other fingers resting on the home row.

Add your ring fingers

Use your ring fingers for these home-row positions. Keep your wrists relaxed.

Add your little fingers

Use your little fingers at the outer home-row positions. Avoid moving the whole hand.

Join the home row

Combine the home-row movements. Your index fingers reach inward for the G and H positions, then return home.

Reach the upper row

Reach up with the highlighted finger. Return it to the home row after each press.

Reach the lower row

Reach down with the highlighted finger. Keep your eyes on the next key and maintain a steady rhythm.

Practise the number row

Reach to the number row, then return home. Key outputs depend on your layout; follow the character shown.

Use the opposite Shift

Hold Shift with the opposite hand while pressing the highlighted key. Release Shift before each space.

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Keyboard setup & lesson notes

Learn Gujarati vowel-sign order through ક forms, practise ક્ર and પ્ર, and type a short Gujarati sentence.

2 minute read + practice of optional reading · Updated October 22, 2026 · By TypeScore Lab

Use Gujarati input rather than a lookalike script

Gujarati and Devanagari are separate scripts. Typing a Hindi-looking equivalent does not produce the Gujarati characters in the exercise. Select a Gujarati system layout or phonetic IME and confirm that the first sample matches.

The main test includes a named Gujarati InScript reference. Its physical positions should be used only for that layout. A phonetic IME can still be used through system input, with Built-in practice left unchecked.

Learn dependent vowels with ક

The first drill changes only the vowel sign. For કિ, the consonant precedes the dependent sign in the text sequence even though the rendered sign appears on the left. Compare કિ with કી slowly so that vowel length does not become an accidental substitution.

If your IME offers suggestions, choose the form shown in the target and commit it. Do not accept the first suggestion automatically. A typing exercise checks the chosen spelling, not whether a suggested word could be valid in another sentence.

Complete joined letters before spacing

ક્ર is built from ક + ્ + ર. The second drill gives you three short clusters to practise before adding sentence-level reading. Keep a space between the clusters and none inside them.

The final sentence says that we read Gujarati every day. Watch the long vowel in ગુજરાતી and the last word છીએ. Then move to a Gujarati test using the same layout; compare accuracy first, because faster entry is less useful if it repeatedly changes the spelling.

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