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* Acute accent: to type the acute accent '''`''' use the '''top left key''' before typing the vowel. E.g. '''à''' is typed '''`''' followed by '''a'''. | * Acute accent: to type the acute accent '''`''' use the '''top left key''' before typing the vowel. E.g. '''à''' is typed '''`''' followed by '''a'''. | ||
| + | * Grave accent: to type the grave accent '''´''' use the '''left bracket key''' before typing the vowel. E.g. '''á''' is typed '''[''' followed by '''a'''. | ||
* Diacresis accent: to type the grave accent '''¨''' use the '''right bracket key''' before typing the vowel. E.g. '''ä''' is typed ''']''' followed by '''a'''. | * Diacresis accent: to type the grave accent '''¨''' use the '''right bracket key''' before typing the vowel. E.g. '''ä''' is typed ''']''' followed by '''a'''. | ||
Revision as of 02:19, 15 February 2025
Contents
Existing Resources
- (On-screen) Keyboard layout for Lunáapeewi-hulŭniixsuwáakan (Munsee) by KeymanHelp. Free and open source.
- Keyboard Layout from LanguageGeek. Copyright 2007 Chris Harvey.
Keyboard Layout
◌̀
~
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
-
=
q
w
e
r
t
y
u
i
o
p
◌́
{
◌̈
}
\
a
s
d
f
g
h
j
k
l
ŭ
ë
'
z
x
c
v
b
n
m
,
<
.
>
/
The following are dead keys:
- Acute accent: to type the acute accent ` use the top left key before typing the vowel. E.g. à is typed ` followed by a.
- Grave accent: to type the grave accent ´ use the left bracket key before typing the vowel. E.g. á is typed [ followed by a.
- Diacresis accent: to type the grave accent ¨ use the right bracket key before typing the vowel. E.g. ä is typed ] followed by a.
Justification
Due to the geographic proximity and intertwined linguistic history of Munsee and Unami, we decided to make an integrated keyboard that could support typing in both languages. Since Munsee and Unami are primarily spoken in North America, we felt it would be most practical to base our keyboard on the US English keyboard as well as the Munsee and Unami keyboards by LanguageGeek. In addition, Munsee only has one fluent speaker (Dianne Snake) as of 2022, further justifying our decision to make this resource as accessible as possible.
Keys
- All English alphabet letters were retained, despite "Q" rarely being used in Munsee, allowing users to switch seamlessly between English and Munsee/Unami.
Since our primary focus is Munsee, we decided to replace the colon/semicolon key with the breve-accented "u," which frequently occurs in Munsee. We then decided to make the diaresis-accented "e" the alt-gr option for this key, which is compatible with Unami.
- In order to keep the semicolon and colon still accessible, we moved these characters to the 'shift' form of the comma and period keys. To accommodate this change, we moved the angle brackets to the alt-gr position.
- Several accents are important in Munsee and Unami. For Munsee, the acute and grave accents occur frequently, and for Unami, the diaresis and grave accents are common. Thus we
Installation Instructions
- Clone the keyboard layout from the repository linked above by copying the ssh url and pasting it on the command line after
git clone - Copy the layout file into ~/.m17n.d/
- To do this, type in
cp umu.mim ~/.m17n.dinto the command line.
- To do this, type in
- Go to IBUS settings, select the English (US, alt., intl.)
- This allows the altgr layer to be accessed
- Add/Enable the new Munsee layout through IBUS
- You may need restart IBUS so that the new layout appears
- You can search for the Munsee layout by name, ISO code
umu, or under 'other'
License
This layout is licensed under the MIT License. Under copyright inclusion, any person may use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software.
