Neo-Aramaic/Keyboard

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This is our Neo-Aramaic keyboard

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Existing Resources

There are a couple of keyboard options already available for typing in Syriac. Two popular options were developed by Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute, an organization whose mission is "to promote the study and preservation of the Syriac heritage and language." One of their keyboards, the Syriac Phonetic Keyboard, is based on the US keyboard layout; letters in the Syriac script are roughly mapped to their closest phonetic equivalents in the Latin alphabet. You can view Gareth Hughes' typing guide for this keyboard here.

The other option produced by Beth Mardutho is the Syriac 101 Standard Keyboard. This keyboard is modeled after the standard Arabic keyboard layout.

Note that there are several different variations of the Syriac script. Nowadays, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic is typically written in the Madnhāyā (or "East Syriac") script. However, at least for some operating systems, the default Syriac font is Estrangelo Edessa, which is in the ʾEsṭrangēlā script. For typing in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, it would probably be best to download the Meltho Fonts package at Beth Mardutho and select one of their East Syriac fonts. The User Guide for Meltho Fonts includes a list of all the different fonts available in the package. It also includes visual guides for both the Syriac 101 Standard Keyboard and the Syriac Phonetic Keyboard layouts.

Linux

If you click on "Other" and scroll down, you can enable the Syriac Phonetic keyboard.

Justification

Installation