Mixe/Keyboard

TO DO:

• add authors page to repository
• decide on open-source license, add license text to repository
• add install file in repository
• add READ ME (added some compose combinations to keyboard, included diacritics most common in other varieties of Mixe) file in repository

Developed keyboard layout

Ꞌ
ꞌ

!
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

ˆ
`

[

*
+

]

        

A
a

S
s

D
d

F
f

G
g

H
h

J
j

K
k

L
l

Ñ
ñ

◌́
◌̈

{

}
◌̱

           

>
<

Z
z

X
x

C
c

V
v

B
b

N
n

M
m

;
,

:
.

_
-

Combinations of inputs that result in other inputs include the following:

• ¨ a = ä
• ¨ e = ë
• ¨ o = ö
• ¨ u = ü
• ` a = à
• ` e = è
• ` i = ì
• ` o = ò
• ` u = ù
• ◌̱ a = a̱
• ◌̱ e = e̱
• ◌̱ o = o̱
• ◌̱ u = u̱

Justifications

Most varieties of Mixe have 9 (or thereabouts) vowels. The vowels most similar to Spanish vowels are written with the same characters (e.g. /a/ is written 'a' in both Spanish and Mixe). The unique vowels are written in a few different ways, depending on the specific variety of Mixe being written, and almost all are combinations of a, e, i, o, u and diacritics. The characters most commonly used (when considering all Mixean orthographies) are those formed with ◌̈ (ä, ë, ö, ü) and with ◌̱ (a̱,e̱,o̱,u̱)

Existing resources

• 2010 Carmen Janey Orthography Design for Chuxnaban Mixe
• John Benjamins 2003 The story of ö,