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 may be written with two Roman orthography letters, such as /dl/, /tl/, /gw/, 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.
• On Windows computers, the GRAVE KEY (marked with a * in the keymap) will prevent a syllabic character from forming. For example, if you type s-a-h-a, the result will be ᏌᎭ /sa-ha/. If you wish to retain the /s/ character Ꮝ, as in ᏍᎠᎭ /s-a-ha/, type s-`-a-h-a.
• By turning on the Caps Lock, the keyboard will revert to the US English keyboard.

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

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.
• The non-shifted keys indicated by 1, 2, and 3 are in fact the words ᏣᎳᎩ, ᎣᏏᏲ, and ᏩᏙ respectively.
• I have made one addition to the Cherokee Nation's keyboard: the Ꮐ /nah/ symbol, which is now RIGHT-ALT+GRAVE (top left of keyboard).
• By holding down the RIGHT-ALT key, all keystrokes revert back to their US English values.

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: Tuesday, January 02, 2007