Himalaya to Unicode Converter (Nepali)Beta
For Nepali typed in the Himalaya font.
Paste Himalaya text on the left and get Unicode Nepali on the right, ready for any website, portal, email or phone.
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Convert a document
Upload a Word (.docx), Excel (.xlsx, .csv) or text (.txt) file typed in Himalaya. Only the Himalaya text is converted. Bold, colours, tables, numbers, formulas and the rest of the formatting stay exactly as they are.
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How to use
- Copy the text out of your Himalaya document. It may show as English letters, which is fine.
- Paste it into the Himalaya box. Unicode Nepali appears on the right. For a whole Word file with its bold, italic and tables, use Upload Word file instead.
- Press Copy text and paste the converted Himalaya text where it is needed. In Word, set it in a Unicode font such as Kalimati or Mangal.
Tip:Lines with २०८१ are the quickest check: Himalaya types it as 2081, and the right-hand box should show २०८१.
Worked examples
Real phrases run through this converter, so you can compare them with your own text and see what the page does before you paste anything.
A short phrase
- Himalaya
g]kfn ;/sf/- Unicode / Nepali
- नेपाल सरकार
The short i sign is typed before its letter in the old font
- Himalaya
lzIff dGqfno- Unicode / Nepali
- शिक्षा मन्त्रालय
A single word
- Himalaya
sf&df*f}+- Unicode / Nepali
- काठमाडौं
Letters that join into one shape
- Himalaya
ljBfyL{ / lzIfs- Unicode / Nepali
- विद्यार्थी र शिक्षक
A whole sentence with its full stop
- Himalaya
d g]kfnL x"¤.- Unicode / Nepali
- म नेपाली हुँ।
Each example comes from this converter's own rules and is checked in both directions every time the site is built. A phrase that fails the check is left out.
How Himalaya compares with Preeti
Himalaya types 134 of the 190 keys of Preeti the same way. Keys with a different letter: 25. Keys only Himalaya has: 10. That is why many documents convert alike in both, and why the keys below are worth knowing. All of it is read from the same key maps the converter uses.
Keys that type something different
| Key | Preeti | Himalaya |
|---|---|---|
! | १ | ज्ञ |
" | ◌ू | ◌ु |
# | ३ | घ |
$ | ४ | द्ध |
% | ५ | छ |
& | ७ | ठ |
' | ◌ु | ◌ू |
( | ९ | ढ |
) | ० | ण् |
* | ८ | ड |
0 | ण् | ० |
1 | ज्ञ | १ |
2 | द्द | २ |
3 | घ | ३ |
4 | द्ध | ४ |
5 | छ | ५ |
6 | ट | ६ |
7 | ठ | ७ |
8 | ड | ८ |
9 | ढ | ९ |
@ | २ | द्द |
F | ◌ँ | ◌ा |
X | ह् | हृ |
^ | ६ | ट |
Ù | ; | ह |
Keys only Himalaya has
#|घ्र&«ठ्र(«ढ्र)fण*«ड्र^«ट्र¤◌ँÔक्षíषñङ
Keys of Preeti missing from the map of Himalaya: 31. They stay as they were typed.
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What Himalaya text is
Himalaya is a Nepali font typed on the Preeti keyboard. Like Preeti, it stores Nepali as keyboard characters, so on a computer without the font नेपाल shows up as g]kfn. This page turns those characters into real Unicode Nepali, which works everywhere.
How Himalaya differs from Preeti
- The number keys are digits.
2081is २०८१, where Preeti types@)*!. The letters Preeti keeps on 0 to 9 move to the shifted row:!is ज्ञ. - The quote keys are swapped.
'and"are ू and ु, the other way round from Preeti. - ँ on
¤, and ा on bothfandF.
The font is listed in Word as HIMALAYA TT FONT. For the other direction use Unicode to Himalaya. For text typed in Preeti itself, use Preeti to Unicode.