Language support … Alternative Igbo keyboard layout (v. 1)
The Alternative Igbo keyboard layout is designed to use with Tavultesoft Keyman 6.
The Alternative Igbo keyboard layout is free to download and use. The keyboard layout requires the Keyman 6.0. Tavultesoft Keyman 6.0 is a commercial product. See Tavultesoft's registration page for further details.
The Alternative Igbo keyboard layout can be downloaded from http://www.openroad.net.au/languages/files/igbodev1.zip. Once you have downloaded the zip file, extract the file into a temporary directory. Then start up Keyman 6 and install the keyboard layout from the Keyman configuration screen.
Keyman 6.0 Documentation is available in PDF format at http://www.tavultesoft.com/keyman/downloads/keyman.pdf
Windows 95/98/ME are based on older non-unicode legacy encodings. Keyman 6 will work on Windows 95/98/ME with some unicode aware programs. Windows NT4/2000/XP have much better Unicode support. It is important to read Tavultesoft's FAQ What applications and operating systems support Unicode?
The Alternative Igbo keyboard layout uses deadkey sequences to type diacritics. The diacritic keys (acute, grave and tilde) are indicated by the coloured keys. To type a letter with a diacritic, press the diacritic key, then press the desired letter, i.e. press the acute key then the letter “a”. This will give you the character “á”.
The keyboard layout has been designed to use with Microsoft's US English keyboard. The keyboard layout was derived from the standard German keyboard layout.
| ^ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ṅ | ́ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| q | w | e | r | t | z | u | i | o | p | ụ | + | # | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| a | s | d | f | g | h | j | k | l | ọ | ị | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| y | x | c | v | b | n | m | , | . | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ° | ! | " | § | $ | % | & | / | ( | ) | = | ? | ' | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | W | E | R | T | Z | U | I | O | P | Ụ | * | ' | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A | S | D | F | G | H | J | K | L | Ọ | Ị | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Y | X | C | V | B | N | M | ; | : | _ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ṅ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ̃ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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