Keyboard layout for Inuktitut Unicode

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Revised as of August 18, 2006.

In the following notes, the hyphen is used to separate keystrokes.  So (k-a) is "k" followed by "a", not "k", "-", "a".

Notes:

  • Syllabics are formed by a final + vowel. For example, the (m) key produces ᒻ and the (a) key produces ᐊ. So when you type (m-a) (ᒻᐊ), the syllabic ᒪ appears.
  • Syllabics with the long dot ˙ are accessed by using the semi-colon (;) key after the syllabic, e.g. ᑳ (k-a-;). Long vowels can also be formed by typing the vowel twice (as in the Inuktitut Roman orthography), e.g. ᑳ (k-a-a)
  • The "ng" ᖕ symbol is typed (n-g) or (f). The "nng" ᖖ symbol is typed by (n-n-g) or (n-f). By typing any vowel after these finals, the syllabic series ᖏ, ᖑ, ᖓ; ᙱ, ᙳ, ᙵ are created.
  • For the "lh" ᖦ final, type (lh), (x), or the Slash key. ᖦ followed by a vowel produces ᖠ, ᖢ, ᖤ.
  • Unicode treats the "q", "ng", and "nng" syllabics as a single character.
  • To avoid syllabics from combining, use the Shift key. e.g. (k-a) is ᑲ, (k-A) is ᒃᐊ. This also works with the combined syllabics, so (n-G-a) is ᓐᒐ.
  • For writers that use the "ai" series (ᐁ,ᐯ,ᑌ, etc.), the key used is (e). (e) has been chosen instead of (a-i) so that users that prefer separate syllabics (ᐊᐃ, ᐸᐃ, ᑕᐃ) can use the same keyboard. The "aai" series (ᐂ,ᐰ,ᑍ, etc.) is accessed with the (y) key.
  • Some of the punctuation keys have been remapped. The original English values can by typed by holding down the RIGHT-ALT key.
  • With the CAPS LOCK on, the keyboard becomes a US keylayout.
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