The different languages on your computer are supported by software known as the script system. A script system makes a character set available for a particular language, tells your computer which characters to display when you type, specifies the direction of text flow, and provides other information such as sort order, date, time, number, and currency formats. If you are working in English on your computer, your system uses the Roman script.
If you are working in an Indian language, your system uses one of the Indian scripts provided by this kit. The script system generates the complex combinations of characters used in Indian languages in response to different sequences of keystrokes.
The Indian Language Kit supports several North Indian scripts. These scripts have letters representing consonants and vowel sounds. Many North Indian scripts depict words with a bar above all of the letters in the word. Also, when two consonants are joined together, a composite letter--a consonant conjunct--is formed. So, although there are a relatively small number of letters, there may be many more consonant conjuncts for a particular script.
The Indian Language Kit supports three North Indian scripts. Devanagari, Gurmukhi, and Gujarati. The same script can be used by several languages if they share most of the same characters and behaviors. For example, Devanagari is used for four languages: Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and Sanskrit. Gurmukhi for the Punjabi language; and Gujarati for the Gujarati language. So, the Indian Language Kit supports three different scripts and six different Indic languages.