Mirandese/Keyboard

Examples

• The Kazakh alphabet has 42 letters (33 used in Russian + 9 more). Which of these xkb keyboard layouts do you think Kazakh speakers in Kazakhstan prefer to use to type Kazakh, and why? Note that almost all Kazakh speakers in Kazakhstan also speak Russian (but not all Russian speakers in Kazakhstan also speak Kazakh).

Kazakh - available in Windows for at least 20 years or so

Kazakh (with Russian)

Russian - the modern standard Russian keyboard layout

Russian (Kazakhstan, with Kazakh)

• The Hawaiʻian alphabet has 13 letters (including ʻ), plus 5 letters with macrons (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). How might you design a Hawaiʻian keyboard layout? How do you think it's actually been done?

• Here's a basic Spanish layout based on a U.S. English layout:

~
`

◌̃

!
1

¡

 

@
2

#
3

$
4

%
5

^
6

&
7

*
8

(
9

)
0

_
-

+
=

       

Q
q

 

W
w

E
e

R
r

T
t

Y
y

U
u

I
i

O
o

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

<
,

>
.

?
/

¿