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Wikipedia says the Devanagari InScript bilingual layout has a common layout for all the Indian scripts, and that most Indic scripts share the same phonetic character order.

Checked against its source on October 17, 2026

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“Devanagari InScript bilingual keyboard layout has a common layout for all the Indian scripts”

InScript keyboard layout, Wikipedia contributors, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, n.d., Section on the layout.

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What it measures
This means the key positions for Hindi are largely the same as for Bengali, Tamil or Gujarati on an InScript keyboard, so a typist who learns one script can move to another.
What it does not show
A secondary summary. The claim is about the layout's design. It says nothing about typing speed, and the official specification should be checked for the exact key assignments.

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The Devanagari InScript layout is shared across Indic scripts | Yap