Kwadacha Tsek’ene Keyboard Help
This keyboard is designed for the Kwadacha Tsek’ene language of the BC Interior region of Canada.
If square boxes are displayed instead of characters when using this keyboard (and in the keyboard layouts below), please read our troubleshooting guide.
Keyboard Layout
- The special Characters of Kwadacha Tsek’ene have been assigned to various punctuation keys
- All accents are typed after the base character: à is typed a then
backquote `
- To type the low tone accent when it appears over a single letter use the slash key /
à is typed a then / - To type the high tone accent when it appears over a single letter use the backquote key
`
í is typed i then ` - To type the nasal accent when it appears under a single letter use the left bracket key
[
ǫ is typed o then [ - To type the combined low tone and nasal accents over a single letter use the right bracket
key ]
ǫ̀ is typed o then ] - To type the combined high tone and nasal accents over a single letter use the backslash
key \
ǫ́ is typed o then \- The combined low tone or high tone and nasal accents can also be typed by typing the accents individually in either order
- To type any of the accents over double vowels, type the double vowels followed by the key for
desired accents
ǫ́ǫ́ is typed oo then \
- To type the low tone accent when it appears over a single letter use the slash key /
- All changed punctuation can type their original value by holding down the Right-Alt or Option key. To get the original value of the left-bracket [ type Right-Alt+[ (Windows) / Option+[ (Mac).
- NOTE: When using Google Docs, Slash / is typed Right-Alt+Shift+/ (Windows) / Option+Shift+/ (Mac)
- Keys with a red background are combining accents. On your mobile device, these keys will have green text.
- The first character in a cell is the "one-tap" key, any further characters are "hold-select" keys.
- Common punctuation marks can be found by pressing and holding the period key on the right side of the space bar.
Unicode Fonts
The following fonts have been installed on your computer: Aboriginal Sans, Aboriginal Serif. Please use these fonts when typing in your language as they have been specially built to represent your language as accurately as possible.
Download the latest version of Aboriginal Sans and Aboriginal Serif
Notes on touch layout
| ` | w | e è ę é ę̀ ę́ | ´ | t | y | u ù ų ú ų̀ ų́ | i ì į í į̀ į́ | ò ǫ ó ǫ̀ ǫ́ | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a à ą á ą̀ ą́ | s | d | g | h | j | k | l | ’ | |
| ⇧ | z | ˛ | c | ˛̀ | ˛́ | n | m | ⌫ | |
| 123 | 🌐 | space | . | ⏎ | |||||
