Punjabi typing for the Punjab govt exam, key by key.
Learn the same Gurmukhi INSCRIPT layout the clerk and typist tests use with Raavi font. 57 step-by-step lessons in seven stages, real exam passages, and a timed test scored the way the board scores it. Nothing to install: type on your normal keyboard and Akhar converts it to Punjabi.
57 lessons
Seven stages, from ਕ ਤ ਰ ਚ on the home row through matras, Shift letters, addak, pair bindi and pairi rara, then word lists and full exam paragraphs. Each lesson has six to eight exercises and takes about 5 to 10 minutes.
ਅਭਿਆਸPractice
Twelve exam-style passages, common words, sentences, and a drill built from the keys you miss most.
ਟੈਸਟExam test
Timed test with full and half mistakes, gross and net speed, accuracy, and a word-by-word check of every error.
How the typing test is scored
- Punjabi is typed in Unicode Raavi font on the INSCRIPT keyboard. The test runs for 10 minutes.
- To qualify you need at least 30 words per minute and at least 92% accuracy.
- Full mistake: a missed word, a wrong word, an extra word, or missing punctuation. A wrong or missing matra, addak or half letter makes the whole word wrong.
- Half mistake: a spacing error, such as two words joined or one word split.
- Vowels are typed as single keys. ਉ is Shift+G, never ੳ followed by ੁ.
error chars = mistakes × 5
net chars = gross chars − error chars
gross WPM = gross chars ÷ 5 ÷ minutes
net WPM = net chars ÷ 5 ÷ minutes
accuracy = net chars ÷ gross chars × 100
Example: 1,650 characters with 6 full and 2 half mistakes in 10 minutes gives 7 mistakes, 35 error characters, gross 33 WPM, net 32.3 WPM and 97.9% accuracy. Always check the rules in your own recruitment notice.
Learn the keyboard step by step
Each lesson adds a few keys and runs six to eight exercises: the new keys alone, mixed with keys you know, then real Punjabi words and sentences built only from keys you have learned. Reach 90% accuracy to complete a lesson. Every lesson stays open, so you can jump ahead.
Result
Practice with real Punjabi text
Practice mode shows the next key and stops on each mistake, so you build correct habits. Switch to the exam test when you can type a passage above 92% accuracy.
Weak keys drill
Common words
45 everyday words in random order, covering every key.
Sentences
Short sentences with danda and commas, the way passages are written.
Exam-style passages
Timed typing test
This works like the board's test: the passage is on top, you type below, and there is no help on screen. The timer starts with your first keystroke.
Before you start
- Type on your normal English keyboard. Akhar maps each key to the INSCRIPT layout, so you do not need to change Windows settings.
- If the Windows Punjabi keyboard is already on, that works too.
- Press Space once between words. Extra spaces are ignored, missing ones count as half mistakes.
- Paste is blocked, just like the exam software.
- Leaving a word half typed when time runs out counts as a mistake, so finish the word you are on.
Word by word
Gurmukhi INSCRIPT keyboard
Each key shows its English letter (top right), the Punjabi character without Shift (large) and with Shift (top left). Colours show which finger presses the key.
Tricky combinations
| Type | Keys | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ਕਿ | K F | Sihari is drawn first but typed after the letter. |
| ਪ੍ਰ | H D J or H Shift+3 | Pairi rara: letter, halant, ਰ. |
| ਪੜ੍ਹ | H Shift+J D U | Pairi haha. Shift+` types ੍ਹ in one go. |
| ਪੱਕਾ | H Shift+4 K E | Addak comes before the letter it doubles. |
| ਪੰਜ | H X P | Tippi with mukta, ਿ, ੁ, ੂ. |
| ਮਾਂ | C E Shift+X | Bindi after the vowel sign. |
| ਸ਼ | Shift+M | Its own key. ਲ਼ is Shift+N. |
| ਜ਼ ਫ਼ ਖ਼ ਗ਼ | P ] … | Letter first, then pair bindi on ]. |
| ਉ ਊ ਓ | Shift+G Shift+T Shift+A | Full vowels are single keys. Never type ੳ + matra. |
| ਇ ਈ ਏ ਐ | Shift+F Shift+R Shift+S Shift+W | Same rule: one key each. |
| ਅ ਆ ਔ | Shift+D Shift+E Shift+Q | |
| । | Shift+. | Danda, no space before it. |
Typing on your own computer
In Akhar you can type straight away: every key on an English keyboard is converted to the INSCRIPT character shown in the chart.
To type Punjabi in other programs, as in the exam hall, add the Punjabi language in Windows Settings under Time & language. Its default keyboard is this same INSCRIPT layout, and Raavi font comes with Windows. Switch with Win + Space.
Akhar shows text in Raavi when your computer has it, and in Noto Sans Gurmukhi on phones and other systems. The characters are the same Unicode in both.
Your progress
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Net speed in exam tests
Keys you miss most
Redder keys have a higher error rate across lessons and practice.