SalishU Keyboard Help
How To Type Generic / Comparative Salish data
This package installs the GenSalishU keyboard on your computer. It also installs the Charis SIL font, a font that has all the characters needed for Salishan languages. A Windows font that has almost all the needed characters is Lucida Sans Unicode. Select one of these fonts when entering data in your word processor.
This page explains how to:
Type a reassigned key
Restore a reassigned key
Type stressed vowels
Type ŋ θ δ ᶿ •
Type glottalized or laryngealized consonants
Type wedged consonants
Type subdotted consonants and vowels
Type rounded consonants
Type rounded and glottalized consonants
| 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | f | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ƛ | ʕ | ʔ | ɣ | ə | ɬ |
The following keys are also reassigned to punctuation or other non-letter symbols as follows:
| Q | W | _ | : | = |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| √ | ʷ | ‿ | ˑ | |
To restore any of the reassigned keys without exiting the OkanaganU keyboard, type a zero (0) followed by the wanted key:
| 04 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 0f | 0| | 0Q | 0W | 0_ | 0: | 0= | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | v | | | Q | W | _ | : | = |
To obtain an accented vowel, type the vowel as shown in the gray row followed by / or \ to get the acute or grave vowel shown in the white row:
| a | e | f | i | o | u | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| á | é | ə́ | í | ó | ú | / |
| à | è | ə̀ | ì | ò | ù | \ |
The combinations of keys needed to obtain ŋ, θ, δ, ᶿ (superscript theta), and • (bullet) are:
| Ng | Ht | Hd | ^t | H: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ŋ | θ | δ | ᶿ | • |
Glottalized or laryngealized consonant are obtained typing the consonant key(s) followed by the apostrophe:
| p | t | c | k | q | m | n | Ng | l | r | z | y | w | 4 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p̓ | t̕ | c̕ | k̕ | q̓ | m̓ | n̓ | ŋ̓ | l̕ | r̕ | z̓ | y̓ | w̓ | ƛ̓ | ʕ̓ | ' |
Wedged characters are obtained by typing capital H followed by the consonant symbol:
| c | j | s | z | x | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | č | ǰ | š | ž | x̌ |
Sub-dotted consonants and vowels are obtained by typing a period followed by the consonant or vowel symbol as shown:
| c | s | x | h | n | l | l' | i | a | u | f | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | c̣ | ṣ | x̣ | ḥ | ṇ | ḷ | ḷ̕ | ị | ạ | ụ | ə̣ |
Sub-dotted vowels with acute stress are obtained by typing a period followed by the vowel symbol and /:
| i | a | u | f | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | ị́ | ạ́ | ụ́ | ə̣́ | / |
Sub-dotted vowels with grave stress are obtained by typing a period followed by the vowel symbol and \:
| i | a | u | f | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | ị̀ | ạ̀ | ụ̀ | ə̣̀ | \ |
Rounded consonants are obtained typing the appropriate consonant key or consonant combination keys followed by W (capital W):
| k | q | x | .x | Hx | 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kʷ | qʷ | xʷ | x̣ʷ | x̌ʷ | ʕʷ | W |
Glottalized and rounded consonants are obtained typing the consonant followed by the apostrophe and the capital W:
| k'W | q'W | 6'W |
|---|---|---|
| k̓ʷ | q̓ʷ | ʕ̓ʷ |
Note: When the cursor is over any of the symbols (or symbol sequences) in the white rows, their Unicode values are displayed.
For related information visit www.meltr.org/Okanagan