Cameroon QWERTY (SIL)
Keyboard layout
This keyboard supports the Standardized Alphabet for Cameroonian Languages for a QWERTY (US Keyboard).
This chart describes the keystrokes used in Cameroon QWERTY keyboard layout.
Use the ; (semicolon) key for the Cam key and the : (colon) key for the special (Spcl) key.
A non-combining version of any tone/diacritic marker may be inserted by itself into a text by typing the desired tone or diacritic key, followed by +. Note that this feature is not available for the four complex tones, dot-under, or tilde-under.
When adding nasal or tone diacritics, the typing sequence is always: Nasal ( ◌̃ ◌̧ ) + Tone ( ◌̀ ◌́ ◌̂ ◌̄ etc.) + Vowel.
How to type special characters
Additional letters
| Character | Type | Codepoint | Character | Type | Codepoint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ɑ | :a | 0251 | Ɑ | ;H | 2C6D |
| ɛ | ;a | 025B | ɨ | ;i | 0268 |
| Ɛ | ;A | 0190 | Ɨ | ;I | 0197 |
| ɓ | ;b | 0253 | ŋ | ;n | 014B |
| Ɓ | ;B | 0181 | Ŋ | ;N | 014A |
| ɗ | ;d | 0257 | ɔ | ;o | 0254 |
| Ɗ | ;D | 018A | Ɔ | ;O | 0186 |
| ə | ;e | 0259 | ø | ;p | 00F8 |
| Ə | ;E | 0128F | Ø | ;P | 00D8 |
| æ | ;f | 00E6 | œ | ;t | 0153 |
| Æ | ;F | 00C6 | Œ | ;T | 0152 |
| ˈ | :g | 02C8 | ʉ | ;u | 0289 |
| ʼ | ;g | 02BC | Ʉ | ;U | 0244 |
| ʔ | :G | 0294 | ẅ | ;w | 1E85 |
| ɡ | ;G | 0261 | ƴ | ;y | 01B4 |
| α | ;h | 03B1 | Ƴ | ;Y | 01B3 |
Diacritics
| Diacritic | Glyph | Type |
|---|---|---|
| low | ◌̀ | ' |
| high | ◌́ | [ |
| falling | ◌̂ | " |
| rising | ◌̌ | { |
| nasal | ◌̧ | ] |
| tilde | ◌̃ | ~ |
| mid | ◌̄ | _ |
| dieresis | ◌̈ | } |
| vert. mid | ◌̍ | ` |
| high-mid | ◌᷇ | :[ |
| low-mid | ◌᷅ | :' |
| mid-high | ◌᷄ | :{ |
| mid-low | ◌᷆ | :" |
| tilde und | ◌̰ | :~ |
| dot below | ◌̣ | :. |
Punctuation
| Character | Type | Codepoint |
|---|---|---|
| † | :t | 2020 |
| ° | :o | 00B0 |
| ¦ | ;| | 00A6 |
| € | ;$ | 20AC |
| … | ... | 2026 |
| – | -- | 2013 |
| — | --- | 2014 |
Fonts
The Charis SIL font family is included with the keyboard package.
All Documentation Versions
- Cameroon QWERTY (SIL) 6.1.0
- Cameroon QWERTY (SIL) 6.0.9
- Cameroon QWERTY (SIL) 6.0.8
- Cameroon QWERTY (SIL) 6.0.6
- Cameroon QWERTY (SIL) 6.0.5
- Cameroon QWERTY (SIL) 6.0.4
- Cameroon QWERTY (SIL) 6.0.3
- Cameroon QWERTY (SIL) 6.0.1
- Cameroon QWERTY (SIL) 6.0
- Cameroon QWERTY (SIL) 1.2.1
- Cameroon QWERTY (SIL) 1.2
