Lushootseed Unicode Keyboard 1.1

Overview

Design

This Keyman keyboard is designed for Lushootseed, a language of the Pacific Northwest spoken in Washington state. The arrangement of Lushootseed letters on this keyboard closely follow the arrangement of keys in a standard English QWERTY keyboard. On Screen Keyboard

This keyboard includes an On Screen Keyboard view for easy reference. The On Screen Keyboard works best when associated with a QWERTY US layout. Fonts

This is a Unicode keyboard and works with any Unicode font which has support for Lushootseed characters. Common fonts which work with Lushootseed are:

Arial Consolas Arial Unicode MS Courier New Calibri Tahoma Cambria Times New Roman

This keyboard also includes the following fonts which work well with Lushootseed:

Lushootseed Sulad Gentium Plus Lushootseed School

Keyboard Layout

Lushootseed Unicode: Unshifted

` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = Backspace © 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =

Tab q w e r t y u i o p [ ] \ q w ə š t y u i ʷ p [ ] \

Caps Lock a s d f g h j k l ; ' Enter a s d ʔ g h ǰ k l ɬ '

Shift z x c v b n m , . / Shift & x c č b n m , . /

Ctrl Alt Alt Ctrl

Lushootseed Unicode: Shifted

~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + Backspace © ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ +

Tab Q W E R T Y U I O P { } ¦ ; < ;ʷ = > kʷ ? { } ¦

Caps Lock A S D F G H J K L : " Enter qʷ dᶻ gʷ Aʷ A B C "

Shift Z X C V B N M < > ? Shift &ʷ xʷ E F G H I < > ?

Ctrl Alt Alt Ctrl Keyboard Details

You can find most keys on the Lushootseed keyboard by thinking of a similar letter in English. Example: type s a C e b to get saEəb .

Example: type s u P q s to get su?qs .

You can find letters with ʷ and ʼ by using Shift :

Example: type X V i ; q s to get xʷFiɬqs .

Example: type : u Z : u Z to get Cu&ʷCu&ʷ .

Type Backspace to delete any letter.

Example: type G gives gʷ . Typing G + Backspace removes the entire letter.

Example: type E gives ;ʷ . Typing E + Backspace removes the entire letter.

Contact

Tulalip Lushootseed Department 6406 Marine Drive Tulalip, WA 98271 David Sienko 360-716-4505 [email protected] www.TulalipLushootseed.com