Kalmyk/Keyboard

The Kalmyk alphabet has 39 letters, with 33 letters of the Russian alphabet and 6 unique letters: Әә, Һһ, Җҗ, Ңң, Өө, and Үү.

Existing Resources

The Linux Kalmyk keyboard

• Linux provides a Kalmyk keyboard. It is based on the Russian keyboard, as the six letters unique to Kalmyk are added on the number row.
• This online keyboard lays out the letters in an alternative order, and doesn't relegate the "extra" letters to somewhere else, but is missing some letters and doesn't seem to make use of the third and fourth levels.

Justification

Linux Kalmyk keyboard

I chose to use Linux's Kalmyk keyboard. It has obvious drawbacks, such as having similar inconveniences as the Russian keyboard (ex. the comma and the colon being placed on the second level), and implying that Kalmyk is a derivative of Russian with "extra" letters. However, it is convenient because most speakers of Kamlyk are also fluent in Russian, and this keyboard allows them to type in both languages without switching keyboards. This layout was also added by the community. [1]

Kalmyk phonetic keyboard

I based my Kalmyk phonetic keyboard on the Russian phonetic keyboard

Installation

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License

This keyboard is licensed under an MIT license.