Amazigh Lat Keyboard Help

Amazigh Lat keyboard is designed for the transcription of Amazigh languages and dialects, using Latin script

Amazigh Lat is compatible with Unicode fonts, such as the most recent versions of Times New Roman (from v. 5.0) and Arial (both supplied in Windows Vista and Windows 7).

The program Keyman Desktop must be preinstalled on your computer.

 

 

Amazigh Lat keyboard Help PDF

 

The new keyboard layout will be installed in Keyman Desktop as well as the on-screen keyboard, and the icon (Am) shows up when Amazigh Lat is active.

 

The keyboard layout is made for regular writing, not only for transcription signs.

Amazigh Lat keyboard layout is specifically made for the US keyboard. It is possible to use it with other keyboards as well, but some keys will then be positioned differently.

For those who have a French Keyboard, you find below the corresponding keys for the US keyboard on which Amazigh Lat is based

US               French                            US               French

a  A             q  Q                                -                  )

z  Z             w  W                              *                 8

m                ,                                      "                  %

:                  M                                  /                  !

7                 è                                     .                  :

M                ?                                     ;                  m

 

Mohamed Yeou

Department of English

Chouaib Doukkali Univertsity

Morocco

m_yeou@yahoo.com

 

1. Circumvowels     

'â'  'ê'  'î'  'ô'  'û'              =>    ' ^ ' + vowel

e.g.  ' ^ '  +  'a'   >  'â'

2. Long Vowels             =>    ' - '  +  vowel

'ā' 'ē'  'ī'   'ō'   'ū' 

e.g.   ' - '  +  'a'   >  ' ā '  

3. Long vowels                =>  ' = '  +  ' : '    >  'ː'

e.g.     'a'  +  ' = '  +  ' : '  >  ' aː '       

 

4. Short vowels

'ă' 'ĕ'  'ĭ' 'ŏ'   'ŭ'    =>    ' * ' + vowel           e.g.   ' * ' +  'a'   >    ' ă '

 

5. Other vowels

[Right ALT  e] > 'ə'                   [SHIFT Right ALT  E] >  'ĕ́ '

 [Right ALT a] > 'ä'                  [Right ALT i] > ï

 

6. spacing modifier letters

Cʰ Cˢ Cʸ  Cʲ Cʷ Cˀ  Cˁ           =>   C + ' = ' + modifier letters

C + ' = ' + h  > Cʰ           C + ' = ' + y  > Cʸ           C + ' = ' +  ' " '  >  Cˀ     

C + ' = ' + s  > Cˢ           C + ' = ' + j  > Cʲ            C + ' = ' + /  >    Cˁ        

 

7. Spirantized, affricated and interdental Consonants        

'ḇ'   'ḏ'  'ṯ'   'Ḇ'    'Ḏ'   'Ṯ'             =>     ' - '  +  consonant

e.g.  ' - '  +  'd'   >  ' ḏ '

'ƀ'   'β'   'đ'    'đ̣'  'ţ'  'Ţ'   'k̇'   'K̇'  'z̧'  'Z̧'     =>     ' = '  +  consonant

                   e.g.  ' = '  +  'd'   >  ' đ '

6. Emphatic consonants and others

[Right CTRL  t] > 'ṭ'                [SHIFT Right CTRL  T] > 'Ṭ'

[Right CTRL  d] > 'ḍ'              [SHIFT Right CTRL  D] > 'Ḍ'

[Right CTRL  s] > 'ṣ'               [SHIFT Right CTRL  S] > 'Ṣ'

[Right CTRL  z] > 'ẓ'               [SHIFT Right CTRL  Z] > 'Ẓ'

[Right CTRL  r] > 'ṛ'                [SHIFT Right CTRL  R] > 'Ṛ'

[Right CTRL  l] > 'ḷ'                [SHIFT Right CTRL  L] > 'Ḷ'

[Right CTRL  m] > 'ṃ'             [SHIFT Right CTRL  M] > 'Ṃ

[Right CTRL  n > 'ṇ'                [SHIFT Right CTRL  N] > 'Ṇ'     

[Right CTRL  f] > 'f̣'                [SHIFT Right CTRL  F] > 'F̣'

[Right CTRL  b] > 'ḅ'              [SHIFT Right CTRL  B] > 'Ḅ'

Right CTRL  v] > 'ṿ'                [SHIFT Right CTRL  V] > 'Ṿ'

[Right CTRL  h] > 'ḥ'               [SHIFT Right CTRL  H] > 'Ḥ'

[Right CTRL x] > 'ḫ'                [SHIFT Right CTRL X] > 'Ḫ'  

[Right CTRL  / ] >   'ʕ'             [Right CTRL  " ] >  'ʔ'

 

[Right ALT  / ] >  'ʿ'                 [Right ALT  " ]  >   'ʾ'  

[Right ALT  d] > 'd̥'                 [SHIFT Right ALT  D] >  'D̥'           

[Right ALT  J] > 'ɣ'                 [SHIFT Right ALT  J] > 'Ɣ'

[Right ALT  h] > ‘ԑ’                [SHIFT Right ALT  H] >  ‘Ԑ’

[Right ALT  z] > 'ž'                  [SHIFT Right ALT  Z] > 'Ž'

[Right ALT  S] > 'š'                 [SHIFT Right ALT  S] > 'Š' 

[Right ALT  c] > 'č'                  [SHIFT Right ALT  C] > 'Č'

[Right ALT  g] > 'ǧ'                 [SHIFT Right ALT  G] > 'Ǧ'

[Right ALT k] > 'ġ'                  [SHIFT Right ALT  K] > 'Ġ'  

 [Right ALT  x] > 'ḫ'                [SHIFT Right ALT  X] > 'Ḫ'  

[Right ALT  l] > 'γ'                [SHIFT Right ALT  L] > 'Γ'

 [Right ALT  x] >   'χ'              [Right ALT   r]  >  'ʁ'

[Right ALT 7 ] >   'ħ'

 

"." + [Right ALT  z] > 'ẓ̌'         "." + [SHIFT Right ALT  Z] > 'Ẓ̌'

"." + [Right ALT  s] > 'ṣ̌'         "." + [SHIFT Right ALT  S] > 'Ṣ̌'

"." + [Right ALT  p] > 'ḏ̣ '       "." + [SHIFT Right ALT  P] > 'Ḏ̣ '

"." + [Right ALT  t] > 'ṯ̣ '         "." + [SHIFT Right ALT  T] > 'Ṯ̣ '