Tai Dam Lao (SIL) Keyboard Help
Font
The Tai Dam Lao (SIL) keyboard can be used with any font that includes the characters from the Lao Unicode block. For your convenience, the Saysettha MX font is included in the keyboard package. Saysettha MX is copyright © 2015 by John M Durdin, and licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
Keyboard
SIL's Tai Dam Lao keyboard is designed for typing the Tai Dam language text using the Lao script. The layout is mapped phonetically onto a US English keyboard.
Unshifted
`
ຜ
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
7
7
8
8
9
9
0
0
-
-
=
=
Backspace
Tab
Q
ຖ
W
ຳ
E
ແ
R
່
T
ຕ
Y
ື
U
ຸ
I
ີ
O
ົ
P
ປ
[
ໄ
]
ໍ
\
\
Caps Lock
A
າ
S
ສ
D
ດ
F
ຝ
G
ຫງ
H
ຫ
J
ຢ
K
ກ
L
ຫຼ
;
;
'
'
Enter
Shift
\
Z
ອ
X
ຂ
C
ຈ
V
ຫວ
B
ບ
N
ໜ
M
ໝ
,
,
.
.
/
ໃ
Shift
Ctrl
Alt
Alt
Ctrl
Shift
`
ພ
1
!
2
@
3
#
4
$
5
%
6
^
7
&
8
*
9
(
0
)
-
_
=
+
Backspace
Tab
Q
ທ
W
ຍ
E
ເ
R
້
T
໋
Y
ຶ
U
ູ
I
ິ
O
ໂ
P
ຼ
[
ໆ
]
ຯ
\
|
Caps Lock
A
ັ
S
ຊ
D
໊
F
ຟ
G
ງ
H
ຮ
J
ຽ
K
ໞ
L
ລ
;
:
'
"
Enter
Shift
\
Z
ະ
X
ຄ
C
໌
V
ວ
B
ໟ
N
ນ
M
ມ
,
<
.
>
/
?
Shift
Ctrl
Alt
Alt
Ctrl
Caps Lock (Lao numerals)
`
1
໑
2
໒
3
໓
4
໔
5
໕
6
໖
7
໗
8
໘
9
໙
0
໐
-
=
Backspace