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Nivkh Keyboard Layout

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    Й  ӇЦ  У  КӃ  Е  Н  ӶГ  ҒӺ  ШЩ  З  ХӼ  ЬЪ
     Ф  Ы  В  А  П  РР̌  О  Л  Д  Ж  Э \\|
      Я  Ч  С  М  И  Т  Ӿ  \'—Б  Ю  .,

Exisiting Resources

• Android Nivkh keyboard [1]
• Nivkh keyboard (2001) All rights reserved [2]
• Nivkh keyboard layout by Professor Washington. GNU General Public License v3.0. [3]

The Nivkh keyboard for Android included above, as far as I can tell (lacking any Android devices to install the app onto), allows the user to type <Ӽӽ> by (I presume, having never used an Android device) pressing the <Хх> key and selecting <Ӽӽ>. Similarly, <Р̌р̌> appears over the <Рр> key.

Justification

Repository

Nivkh Keyboard Github Repository

Installation

Set up and enable IBus

1) Install IBus and the m17n module sudo apt-get install ibus-m17n .

2) Enable Ibus as your default input method im-config -n ibus .

3) Get languge switcher icon to appear on panel

1. Restart X11 using xfwm4 --replace & xfce4-panel -r & or
2. Restart computer or
3. Right click on the edge of the panel, click "Add new items", and add "notification area".

Add niv-keyboard to m17n environment

4) Clone this repo git clone git@github.swarthmore.edu:Ling073-sp19/ling073-niv-keyboard.git.

5) Copy niv.mim and place it in ~/.m17n.d/.

6) Right click on IBus icon (language switcher icon) and click "restart".

Enabling AltGr and keyboard

7) Go to keyboard settings and enable AltGr.

• You can also do this by adding a layout such as "English (international AltGr deadkeys)".

8) Right click the IBus icon and click preferences.

9) Go to Input Method and click Add.

10) Click the "..." and search and select "Other".

11) Select the option that says "niv-kbd" and click add.

12) You can now use the Nivkh keyboard by toggling to it.

License

GNU General Public License v3.0 [4]