The Yapiri web keyboard at yapiriscript.com/try is the fastest way to start writing in Yapiri. You do not need to install anything — it works directly in your browser, on desktop, tablet, and phone. Open it, click or tap the keys, and your text appears instantly.

The keyboard is organised into clearly labelled sections, each covering a different part of the Yapiri character set. This guide walks through every section in order, so you know exactly what each key does and how the tool is meant to be used.

Tip: Keep the keyboard open in a browser tab while you are working. When you have composed the text you need, use the Copy Text button to paste it into any other application.

The Output Area

At the top of the keyboard page, before any keys, is the output area — the place where your typed text appears. It has two lines:

The top line displays your text in the Yapiri script at large size, using the Yapiri font loaded automatically by the website. This is your main compose area.

The bottom line shows the romanization — a phonetic transcription of everything you have typed, using standard Latin letters. This updates live as you type and is useful for checking that you have pressed the right keys.

 Yapiri output — what you see as you type kokborok — romanization shown below the script
Note The Yapiri font is loaded automatically by the website — so the glyphs will always display correctly here, even if you have not installed the font on your device. The font is only needed when you paste text into other applications.

Control Buttons

Just below the output area is a row of five control buttons. These manage your text rather than adding characters to it.

Vowels

The first key section contains Kokborok's six vowels. These are the best place to start because they appear in virtually every word.

a e i u o ə

The sixth vowel — ə (schwa) — is the one most specific to Kokborok. It is a neutral, central vowel that appears frequently mid-word. It never starts a word. If a word begins with a /w/ sound, use the consonant W key instead.

Consonants

The consonants are grouped into three rows by their phonetic type. The most important thing to understand is aspiration — the puff of air that distinguishes pairs like p and ph, or t and th. Each aspirated consonant has its own dedicated key in Yapiri.

The Stops row covers the plain voiceless stops (p, t, k), their aspirated counterparts (ph, th, kh), and the voiced stops (b, d, g). The Affricates & Nasals row covers ch, j, m, n, the palatal nasal n′, and ng. The Fricatives & Approximants row covers s, r, l, y, w, and h.

Note th is not the English "th". In Yapiri, th is simply the aspirated version of /t/ — a /t/ with a breath behind it. The same logic applies to ph (aspirated p) and kh (aspirated k). None of these are the English digraph sounds.

The Extended & Secondary Characters row — marked with a gold border — contains four additional keys: v, z, f, and chh. These are not native Kokborok sounds. Use them only for loanwords from Bengali, Hindi, or English. If you are writing native Kokborok vocabulary, you will not need them.

Diacritics

Yapiri has two combining diacritics — marks that attach to the character you just typed and modify its meaning. Both are in the Diacritics section.

◌́high tone ◌̋redupl.

The high tone mark is placed over a vowel to indicate a high or rising tone on that syllable. Always type the vowel first, then tap the high tone key. The mark will attach to the vowel you just typed.

The reduplication mark signals that a syllable or word is repeated — a grammatical feature of Kokborok. The rule for when to use a hyphen alongside it:

Numerals and Punctuation

The Numerals section contains Yapiri's ten digits — 0 through 9 — replacing the standard Arabic numerals when writing in the script.

          Yapiri numerals 0 through 9

The Punctuation section contains five marks — comma, full stop, exclamation mark, quotation mark, and question mark — plus a dedicated Space key and a Delete key for convenience. The punctuation keys in this row are native Yapiri glyphs, not standard ASCII characters, so they will display correctly wherever the Yapiri font is installed.

The Hyphen key in the row below inserts a standard hyphen. Use it alongside the reduplication mark for consecutive identical words, as described above.

The Unicode Inspector

Below the keyboard is the Unicode Inspector — a developer tool that shows the codepoint of every character in your output as you type. Each Yapiri character occupies a slot in the Unicode Private Use Area (U+E000 to U+F8FF), and the inspector displays the exact codepoint alongside its glyph.

This section is primarily for developers and font engineers working with Yapiri text programmatically. If you are just composing and copying text, you can ignore it — but it is useful for verifying that the correct characters were entered, especially when working with diacritics or the secondary loanword keys.

Using the Keyboard on Mobile

The virtual keyboard works fully on mobile browsers. Open yapiriscript.com/try in Chrome, Safari, or any browser on your phone or tablet, and tap the keys as you would on any on-screen keyboard. The output area scrolls if your text is long.

Tip On Android, tap Copy Text and then long-press in any text field to paste. On iPhone, tap Copy Text and then tap and hold the cursor in your notes or messaging app and select Paste. The Yapiri glyphs will appear as boxes in most apps unless the font is installed — but the characters are correctly encoded and will display properly in any app that has the Yapiri font.

What to Type Next

If you are new to Yapiri and want to practice on the keyboard, a good starting point is your own name transliterated into Kokborok sounds, or a simple word like  (yapiri) or  (kokborok). The Beginner's Guide lists the vowels and consonants with their sounds, so you can look up which key to press for each phoneme as you go.

For questions about the keyboard or to share something you composed, visit the Community page. The keyboard is a tool for the Tiprasa community — and every word typed in Yapiri is a step forward.