Difference between revisions of "Ladino/Keyboard"

Revision as of 20:07, 26 February 2021

There are no existing keyboards specifically for Ladino since it is written in so many different scripts, including two types of Hebrew (Rashi and Meruba), Cyrillic, and at least five types of Latin (English-based, Spanish-based, Turkish-based, Serbo-Croatian-based, and French-based). However, this also means that it can be written on the existing keyboards of all of these languages.
- Hebrew keyboards can be found on all major platforms, and while it is usually in Meruba script, Rashi script is likely a font option for Hebrew.
- Cyrillic is a script used for multiple different languages, mostly Slavic languages like Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, and Russian, but also other like Kurdish, Romani, and various Turkik languages. Some of these, like Russian, have multiple keyboard options based on various dialects. However, it appears that Cyrillic was mostly used by Sephardic Jews in Bulgaria, so that keyboard may be the most useful. It can be found on Windows 10, Mac OS, and Linux.
- There are many forms of Latin script that can be used on various platforms, and many (like English, Spanish, and French) have multiple keyboard options based on various dialects and regions. Turkish and Serbian (written in Latin script) can also be found on Windows 10, Mac OS, and Linux.

I decided to create a keyboard that would combine the characters needed to type Ladino in English-based Latin script, Spanish-based Latin script, and Turkish-based Latin script. This combination would be most useful to an American English speaker learning Ladino, who wants to be able to communicate with other Ladino speakers who use Latin scripts. As such, I added Turkish letters that don't appear in standard English, as well as some Spanish letters with diacritics, two Spanish punctuation marks, and the ability to add acute accents to vowels.

~ ` ! 1 ¡ @ 2 # 3 $ 4 % 5 ^ 6 & 7 * 8 ( 9 ) 0 _ - + =

Q q W w E e R r T t Y y U u Ü ü I i İ ı O o Ö ö P p { [ } ] \ / |

A a S s D d F f G g H h J j K k L l : ; " ' ◌̈ ◌́

Z z X x C c Ç ç V v B b N n Ñ ñ M m < , > . ? / ¿

(Dead keys are in green)

Combinations of inputs that result in other inputs include the following:

Can you think of any issues with this layout?

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 * Here's a basic Spanish layout based on a U.S. English layout:
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-{{kbdrow2|{{kbdkey|q|Q}} {{kbdkey|w|W}} {{kbdkey|e|E}} {{kbdkey|r|R}} {{kbdkey|t|T}} {{kbdkey|y|Y}} {{kbdkey|u|U}} {{kbdkey|i|I}} {{kbdkey|o|O}} {{kbdkey|p|P}} {{kbdkey|[|{}} {{kbdkey|]|} }} {{kbdkey|\|{{!}}}} }}
+{{kbdrow2|{{kbdkey|q|Q}} {{kbdkey|w|W}} {{kbdkey|e|E}} {{kbdkey|r|R}} {{kbdkey|t|T}} {{kbdkey|y|Y}} {{kbdkey|u|U|ü|Ü}} {{kbdkey|i|I|ı|İ}} {{kbdkey|o|O|ö|Ö}} {{kbdkey|p|P}} {{kbdkey|[|{}} {{kbdkey|]|} }} {{kbdkey|/|\|{{!}}}} }}
 {{kbdrow3|{{kbdkey|a|A}} {{kbdkey|s|S}} {{kbdkey|d|D}} {{kbdkey|f|F}} {{kbdkey|g|G}} {{kbdkey|h|H}} {{kbdkey|j|J}} {{kbdkey|k|K}} {{kbdkey|l|L}} {{kbdkey|;|:}} {{kbdkey|'|"|{{green|◌́}}|{{green|◌̈}}}} }}
 {{kbdrow4|{{kbdkey|z|Z}} {{kbdkey|x|X}} {{kbdkey|c|C|ç|Ç}} {{kbdkey|v|V}} {{kbdkey|b|B}} {{kbdkey|n|N|ñ|Ñ}} {{kbdkey|m|M}} {{kbdkey|,|<}} {{kbdkey|.|>}} {{kbdkey|/|?|¿}} }}