[Tugindia] Indian languages

[P P Narayanaswami]

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xltxtra}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont[Ligatures=TeX,Mapping=tex-text,Numbers=OldStyle]{DejaVu 
Serif}
\newfontfamily{\sans}[Script=Devanagari]{Sanskrit2003}
\newfontfamily{\mal}[Script=Malayalam]{Rachana}
\newfontfamily{\tam}[Script=Tamil]{Latha}
\newfontfamily{\tel}[Script=Telugu]{Pothana2000}
\newfontfamily{\kan}[Script=Kannada]{Mallige}
\begin{document}
"Vande Mataram" in several languages:\\
\begin{quote}
{\sans वन्दे मातरं } (Devanagari/Hindi)\\
{\mal വന്ദേ മാതരം} (Malayalam)\\
{\tam வந்தே மாதரம்} (Tamil) \\
{\tel వందే మాతరం} (Telugu)\\
{\kan ವಂದೇ ಮಾತರಂ} (Kannada)
\end{quote}
\end{document}

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