Download Tsalagi Unicode Keyboard

Keyman Installation Instructions

Notes:

• The keyboard map above shows the a-series symbols for each key. Except for the vowels ᎠᎡᎢᎣᎤᎥ (aeiouv) and Ꮝ (s), pressing a key will not generate a symbol: i.e. the "q" key alone does not make Ꮖ. Instead, a vowel must be typed after a consonant, to produce a syllabic character. So, to get the word ᎣᏏᏲ (hello), type o-s-i-y-o.
• Some consonants are written with two Roman orthography letters, such as /qu/, /dl/, /tl/, and /ts/. Simply type in the Roman letters, so the word Ꮭ (not), type t-l-a. Ꮐ /nah/ and Ꮏ /hna/ are typed as in Roman also. If you do not wish the /h/ of Ꮐ /nah/ to combine with a proceeding vowel, hold the shift key when typing the vowel. Thus ᏀᎠ is n-a-h-A, and ᎾᎭ is n-a-h-a.

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

Download Cherokee Nation Unicode Keyboard

Keyman Installation Instructions

Notes:

• This keyboard follows the official Cherokee Nation layout for their font (which is not Unicode).  It has been  designed so that the more common letters are placed on ergonomically easier keys, and the less common glyphs are on shifted keys.
• I have made two changes to the Cherokee Nation's keyboard.  First, to my eyes, they have not included the Ꮐ /nah/ symbol, so I have placed it on the non-shifted number '3'.  Second, the grave accent key ` (top left of a U.S. keyboard) is shown on the Cherokee Nation's keyboard as an "accent".  The Cherokee sources I have read do not mention an accent, nor has it been included in the Unicode Cherokee range. Instead, it is used to produce the original U.S. keyboard character.  So (`-1) makes "1", (`-Q) makes "Q", etc.
• The numbers 1 and 2 (left blank in the non-shifted chart above) type out a word with one keystroke.  1 gives ᏣᎳᎩ (/tsalagi/, Cherokee), and 2 makes ᎣᏏᏲ (/osiyo/, Hello).

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

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Last Update: March 17, 2005