Difference between revisions of "Bikol/Keyboard"
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On iPhone, the Filipino keyboard comes with QWERTY, AZERTY, QWERTZ, and Spanish options. | On iPhone, the Filipino keyboard comes with QWERTY, AZERTY, QWERTZ, and Spanish options. | ||
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| + | Additionally, I was able to find keyboard layouts for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baybayin Baybayin], an ancient Philippine script once used for many Philippine languages including Bikol. The script is generally not understood by most Bikol speakers, as it fell out of use in the 19th century, but it is still rarely used artistically and as a symbol of cultural heritage. | ||
| + | These layouts can be found [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/baybayin-keyboard/id1056763740?mt=8 on iTunes], and [https://github.com/ibrado/TagalogKB-Mac here] and [https://techmagus.ninja/paninap-unicode-keyboard-layout/the-philippines-national-keyboard-layout/ here]. However, they will likely require the download of Baybayin fonts, like the ones found [http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Tagalog.html here]. | ||
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Revision as of 20:08, 27 January 2017
Existing Resources
There are no existing keyboards specifically for Bikol that I have found, but the Bikol orthography is derived from that of Filipino/Tagalog and contains no extra characters.
On Linux, there are several Filipino keyboards, and most come with a corresponding Baybayin layout:
- Filipino
- Filipino (Capewell-Dvorak)
- Filipino (Capewell QWERF 2006)
- Filipino (Colemak)
- Filipino (Dvorak)
On iPhone, the Filipino keyboard comes with QWERTY, AZERTY, QWERTZ, and Spanish options.
Additionally, I was able to find keyboard layouts for Baybayin, an ancient Philippine script once used for many Philippine languages including Bikol. The script is generally not understood by most Bikol speakers, as it fell out of use in the 19th century, but it is still rarely used artistically and as a symbol of cultural heritage. These layouts can be found on iTunes, and here and here. However, they will likely require the download of Baybayin fonts, like the ones found here.
Justification
I plan to use the standard Filipino keyboard for use in my Bikol work. This keyboard is based closely on the English keyboard, as the orthographies of Filipino and Bikol are subsets of the letters available in English keyboards. Most Bikol speakers also speak Filipino and English, so I suspect this standard keyboard is the most commonly used among Bikol speakers. This keyboard will also be the easiest for me to use, since I'm used to the English keyboard.
