SIL EL - Ethiopian Latin Keyboard

Special Vowels - Small Letters

keys:

; e

: e

; i

; o

; u

or:

e <

i <

o <

u <

or:

] a

] e

= e

i =

] i

] o

= o

u =

Special Vowels - Capital Letters

keys:

; E

: E

; I

; O

; U

or:

E <

I <

O <

U <

or:

] A

] E

= E

I =

] I

] O

= O

U =

Special Consonants - Small Letters

keys:

; b

; c

; d

; g

] g

; h

; n

: n

or:

b <

c <

d <

g <

n <

= n

or:

] n

Special Consonants - Capital Letters

keys:

; B

; C

; D

; G

] G

; H

; N

: N

or:

B <

C <

D <

G <

N <

= N

] N

Special “Non-Punctuation Word Forming” Characters

keys:

; X

; x

]  ]  (rota)

; '

description:

glottal

pharyngeal

ejective or glottal stop

saltillo - straight glottal

Diacritics

First type the keystrokes from the leftmost column, followed by the keystroke at the top of the column.

keys:

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

0

Diacritic Reference Table

First type the keystrokes from the leftmost column, followed by the keystroke at the top of the column.

For example, pressing “u” and then “1” produces “ú” or pressing “E” and then “4” produces “Ě”

keys:

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

0

a

A

] a

] A

b

B

c

C

e

E

; e

e <

] e

; e 0

e < 0

] e 0

; E

E <

] E

; E 0

E < 0

] E 0

: e

= e

: E

= E

g

G

i

I

; i

i <

i =

; I

I <

I =

] i

] I

k

K

m

M

n

N

; n

n <

; N

N <

o

O

; o

o <

] o

; O

O <

] O

s

S

t

T

u

U

; u

u <

u =

; U

U <

U =

] u

] U

Punctuation

The keystrokes are at the top of the column.

“Rota” keying example:

 Pressing “ ' ” one time produces “ ʻ ”

 Pressing “ ' ” a second time produces “ ʼ ”

 Pressing “ ' ” a third time produces “ ' ”

 Pressing “ ' ” a fourth time cycles to produce “ ʼ ” again

keys:

"  (rota)

" "  (rota)

" " " (rota)

<  "

description:

opening double quote

closing double quote

straight double quote

opening double angle quote

keys:

'  (rota)

' '  (rota)

' ' ' (rota)

<  '

description:

opening single quote

closing single quote

straight single quote

opening angle quote