Indic
Introduction
This page provides Language support matrix for Indic scripts for various components.
How to Install/Remove any Language support
To install any language support in your Fedora Desktop you need to use following command
yum groupinstall <language_name>-support
e.g. to install Hindi language support use
yum groupinstall hindi-support.
To remove any language support in your Fedora Desktop you need to use following command
yum groupremove <language_name>-support
e.g. to remove Hindi language support use
yum groupremove hindi-support.
Language | iso code | Locale code | Default Font package | Input method | fontconfig | anaconda | comps |
Assamese | as | as_IN | lohit-assamese-fonts | as-phonetic.mim | yes | yes | yes |
Bengali | bn | bn_IN | lohit-bengali-fonts | bn-inscript.mim | yes | yes | yes |
Bodo | brx | brx_IN | lohit-devanagari-fonts | brx-inscript2-deva.mim | no | no | no |
Dogri | doi | no | lohit-devanagari-fonts | doi-inscript2-deva.mim | no | no | no |
Gujrati | gu | gu_IN | lohit-gujarati-fonts | gu-inscript.mim | yes | yes | yes |
Hindi | hi | hi_IN | lohit-devanagari-fonts | hi-inscript.mim | yes | yes | yes |
Kannada | kn | kn_IN | lohit-kannada-fonts | kn-kgp.mim | yes | yes | yes |
Kashmiri | ks | ks_IN | lohit-assamese-fonts | ks-kbd.mim | yes | no | yes |
Konkani | ks | kok_IN | lohit-devanagari-fonts | kok-inscript2-deva.mim | yes | no | yes |
Maithili | mai | mai_IN | lohit-devanagari-fonts | mai-inscript.mim | yes | yes | yes |
Malayalam | ml | ml_IN | smc-meera-fonts | ml-inscript.mim | yes | yes | yes |
Manipuri | mni | no | lohit-bengali-fonts | mni-inscript2-beng.mim | no | no | no |
Marathi | mr | mr_IN | lohit-devanagari-fonts | mr-inscript.mim | yes | yes | yes |
Nepali | ne | ne_NP | madan-fonts | ne-rom.mim | yes | yes | yes |
Oriya/Odia | or | or_IN | lohit-oriya-fonts | or-inscript.mim | yes | yes | yes |
Punjabi | pa | pa_IN | lohit-punjabi-fonts | pa-inscript.mim | yes | yes | yes |
Sanskrit | sa | sa_IN | lohit-devanagari-fonts | sa-harvard-kyoto.mim | yes | no | yes |
Santhali | sat | no | lohit-devanagari-fonts | sat-inscript2-deva.mim | no | no | no |
Sindhi | sd | sd_IN | lohit-devanagari-fonts | sd-inscript.mim | yes | yes | yes |
Tamil | ta | ta_IN | lohit-tamil-fonts | ta-typewriter.mim | yes | yes | yes |
Telugu | te | te_IN | lohit-telugu-fonts | te-inscript.mim | yes | yes | yes |
Urdu | ur | ur_IN | paktype-naqsh-fonts | ur-phonetic.mim | yes | no | yes |
Fonts list
- Languages that are supported in glibc are shown in green colour
- Languages that are not supported in glibc are shown in red colour
Language | Locale code | Default Font package | Other available Fonts |
Assamese | as_IN | lohit-assamese-fonts | |
Bengali | bn_IN | lohit-bengali-fonts | |
Bodo | brx_IN | lohit-devanagari-fonts | |
Dogri | doi_IN | lohit-devanagari-fonts | |
Gujarati | gu_IN | lohit-gujarati-fonts | samyak-gujarati-fonts |
Hindi | hi_IN | lohit-devanagari-fonts | sarai-fonts, samyak-devanagari-fonts |
Kannada | kn_IN | lohit-kannada-fonts | |
Kashmiri | ks_IN@devanagari | lohit-devanagari-fonts | |
Konkani | kok_IN | lohit-devanagari-fonts | |
Maithili | mai_IN | lohit-devanagari-fonts | |
Malayalam | ml_IN | smc-meera-fonts | lohit-malayalam-fonts, smc-anjalioldlipi-fonts, smc-dyuthi-fonts, smc-kalyani-fonts, smc-rachana-fonts, smc-raghumalayalam-fonts, smc-suruma-fonts, samyak-malayalam-fonts |
Manipuri | mni_IN | lohit-bengali-fonts | |
Marathi | mr_IN | lohit-devanagari-fonts | |
Nepali | ne_NP | madan-fonts | lohit-devanagari-fonts |
Oriya | or_IN | lohit-oriya-fonts | samyak-oriya-fonts |
Punjabi | pa_IN | lohit-punjabi-fonts | saab-fonts |
Sanskrit | sa_IN | ||
Santhali | sat_IN | ||
Sindhi | sd_IN@devanagari | lohit-devanagari-fonts | |
Tamil | ta_IN | lohit-tamil-fonts | samyak-tamil-fonts, serafettin-cartoon-fonts |
Telugu | te_IN | lohit-telugu-fonts | pothana2000-fonts, vemana2000-fonts |
Urdu | ur_IN | paktype-naskh-basic-farsi-fonts, paktype-naqsh-fonts, paktype-ajrak-fonts, paktype-tehreer-fonts, paktype-naskh-basic-fonts, paktype-naskh-basic-sa-fonts, paktype-naskh-basic-urdu-fonts, paktype-naskh-basic-sindhi-fonts, nafees-naskh-fonts, nafees-nastaleeq-fonts, nafees-pakistani-naskh-fonts, nafees-riqa-fonts, nafees-tehreer-naskh-fonts, nafees-web-naskh-fonts, google-droid-sans-fonts, sil-lateef-fonts,sil-scheherazade-fonts |
Required packages for using Input method
To use any Indic keyboard layout required packages to be installed are ibus, ibus-m17n, m17n-lib, m17n-db and m17n-contrib (alternatively scim and scim-m17n as well as uim and uim-m17n can be used instead of ibus). Keyboard layouts are stored in *.mim files which are installed from m17n-db and m17n-contrib packages.
To know more about iBus check the IBus page .
To know more about scim check the SCIM page .
Keyboard Layouts
Language | Default | Inscript | Itrans | Phonetic | Others |
Assamese | Phonetic | yes | yes | yes | - |
Bengali | Inscript | yes | yes | - | Probhat |
Bodo | - | - | - | - | - |
Dogri | - | - | - | - | - |
Gujarati | Inscript | yes | yes | yes | - |
Hindi | Inscript | yes | yes | yes | Remington, Typewriter, Vedmata |
Kannada | Kgp | yes | yes | - | - |
Kashmiri | kbd | yes | - | - | - |
Konkani | - | - | - | - | - |
Maithili | Inscript | yes | - | - | - |
Malayalam | Inscript | yes | yes | - | Mozhi, Swanalekha |
Manipuri | - | - | - | - | - |
Marathi | Inscript | yes | yes | - | - |
Nepali | Rom | - | - | - | Trad |
Oriya | Inscript | yes | yes | yes | - |
Punjabi | Inscript | yes | yes | yes | Jhelum |
Sanskrit | harvard-kyoto | - | - | - | - |
Santali | - | - | - | - | - |
Sindhi | Inscript | yes | - | - | - |
Tamil | Tamil99 | yes | yes | yes | lk-renganathan, Vutum, Typewriter |
Telugu | Inscript | yes | - | - | Apple, Pothana, Rts |
Urdu | - | - | - | yes | - |
Dictionaries
Fedora 9 onwards we have hunspell packages as part of spell checker dictionary support for all major applications and default GNOME/KDE spell checking. But still some packages are using aspell dictionaries.The preference order for various dictionaries is defined currently in /usr/share/enchant/enchant.ordering file.
Fedora 11 onwards we have hyphen packages as part of hyphenation dictionary support for OpenOffice.org applications.
Language | hunspell | hyphen |
Assamese | hunspell-as | hyphen-as |
Bengali | hunspell-bn | hyphen-bn |
Bodo | N/A | N/A |
Dogri | N/A | N/A |
Gujarati | hunspell-gu | hyphen-gu |
Hindi | hunspell-hi | hyphen-hi |
Kannada | hunspell-kn | hyphen-kn |
Kashmiri | N/A | N/A |
Konkani | N/A | N/A |
Maithili | hunspell-mai | N/A |
Malayalam | hunspell-ml | hyphen-ml |
Manipuri | N/A | N/A |
Marathi | hunspell-mr | hyphen-mr |
Nepali | hunspell-ne | N/A |
Oriya | hunspell-or | hyphen-or |
Punjabi | hunspell-pa | hyphen-pa |
Sanskrit | N/A | hyphen-sa |
Santhali | N/A | N/A |
Sindhi | N/A | N/A |
Tamil | hunspell-ta | hyphen-ta |
Telugu | hunspell-te | hyphen-te |
Urdu | N/A | N/A |