IPA Unicode 1.0.5 Keyman Keyboard

Martin Hosken,
SIL Non-Roman Script Initiative (NRSI)

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Fonts

Three font families are included in this package.  These fonts are all licensed under the SIL Open Font License (FAQ).

Doulos SIL

The goal for this product was to provide a single Unicode-based font family that would contain a comprehensive inventory of glyphs needed for almost any Roman- or Cyrillic-based writing system, whether used for phonetic or orthographic needs. In addition, there is provision for other characters and symbols useful to linguists. This font makes use of state-of-the-art font technologies to support complex typographic issues, such as the need to position arbitrary combinations of base glyphs and diacritics optimally.

Doulos is very similar to Times/Times New Roman, but only has a single face - regular. It is intended for use alongside other Times-like fonts where a range of styles (italic, bold) are not needed.

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Charis SIL

Charis is similar to Bitstream Charter, one of the first fonts designed specifically for laser printers. It is highly readable and holds up well in less-than-ideal reproduction environments. It also has a full set of styles - regular, italic, bold, bold italic - and so is more useful in general publishing than Doulos SIL. Charis is a serif, proportionally-spaced font optimized for readability in long printed documents.

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Gentium

Gentium is a typeface family designed to enable the diverse ethnic groups around the world who use the Latin script to produce readable, high-quality publications. It supports a wide range of Latin-based alphabets and includes glyphs that correspond to all the Latin ranges of Unicode.

The design is intended to be highly readable, reasonably compact, and visually attractive. The additional ‘extended’ Latin letters are designed to naturally harmonize with the traditional 26 ones. Diacritics are treated with careful thought and attention to their use. Gentium also supports both ancient and modern Greek, including a number of alternate forms. These fonts were originally the product of two years of research and study by the designer at the University of Reading, England, as part of an MA program in Typeface Design.

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Keyboard Layout

The keyboard layout is described in terms of an IPA chart rather than a keyboard. This is because many base characters are typed as a sequence of a letter followed by one of <, > or = which are characters used to change a base character to another base character. Diacritics are typed as sequences of an appropriate key.

 

Bilabial

Labio-dental

Dental

Alveolar

Post-alveolar

Retro-flex

Palatal

Velar

Uvular

Pharyngeal

Glottal

Plosive

p

p

t̪

t{

t

t

ʈ

t<

c

c

k

k

q

q

ʔ

?=

b

b

d̪

d{

d

d

ɖ

d<

ɟ

j=

ɡ

g<

ɢ

G=

Nasal

m

m

ɱ

m>

n̪

n{

n

n

ɳ

n<

ɲ

n=

ŋ

n>

ɴ

N=

Trill

ʙ

B=

r

r

ʀ

R=

Flap

ɾ

r>

ɽ

r<

Fricative

ɸ

f=

f

f

θ

t=

s

s

ʃ

s=

ʂ

s<

ç

c=

x

x

χ

x=

ħ

h>

h

h

β

b=

v

v

ð

d=

z

z

ʒ

z=

ʐ

z<

ʝ

j<

ɣ

g=

ʁ

R>

ʕ

?<

ɦ

h<

Lateral Fricative

ɬ

l=

ɮ

l>

Approx.

ʋ

v=

ɹ

r=

ɻ

R<

j

j

ɰ

w>

Lateral Approx.

l̪

l{

l

l

ɭ

l<

ʎ

L<

ʟ

L=

Implosive

ɓ

b>

ɗ

d>

ʄ

j>

ɠ

g>

ʛ

G>

 

ʍ	w=	Vl. Labial-Velar Approximant	ʘ	p=	Bilabial click
w	w	Vd. Labial-Velar Approximant	ǀ	!<	Dental click
ɥ	h=	Vl. Labial-Palatal Approximant	ǃ	!	(Post-)alveolar click
ɕ	c<	Vl. alveolopalatal fricative	ǂ	!=	Palatoalveolar click
ʑ	z>	Vd. alveolopalatal fricative	ǁ	!>	Alveolar lateral click
ɧ	H>	Simultaneous S and x	ʡ	Q=	Vd. epiglottal Plosive
ɺ	L>	Vd. alveolar lateral flap	ʜ	H=	Vl. epiglottal fricative
			ʢ	Q<	Vd. epiglottal fricative

 

Vowels

Front

Central

Back

Close

i

i

y

y

ɨ

I=

ʉ

U=

ɯ

u=

u

u

Near-close

ɪ

i=

ʏ

y=

ʊ

u<

Close-mid

e

e

ø

o>

ɘ

E=

ɵ

O=

ɤ

O>

o

o

Mid

ə

e=

Open-mid

ɛ

e<

œ

E<

ɜ

e>

ɞ

O<

ʌ

u>

ɔ

o<

Near-open

æ

a<

ɐ

a>

Open

a

a

ɶ

E>

ɑ

a=

ɒ

o=

 

 

Diacritics					Suprasegmentals
kʰ	h^	Aspirated			eː	:	Long
tʷ	w^	Labialised			eˑ	::	Half long
tʲ	j^	Palatalised			eːː	:::	Extra long
lˠ	g=^	Velarised			ĕ	" " "	Extra short
tˤ	?<^	Pharyngealised			ˈ	}	Primary stress
ⁿk	n^	Pre/post nasalised			ˌ	}}	Secondary stress
tˡ	l^	Lateral release			.	.	Syllable break
ẽ	~	Nasalised			|	.<	Minor group: foot
ɫ	~~	Velar/Pharyngealised			‖	.=	Major group
e˞	[[	Rhoticity			‿	#==	Linking - no break
tʼ	]]	Ejective			↗	#>>	Rising intonation
t̚	]]]	Unreleased			↘	#<<	Falling intonation
l̩	$	Syllabic				#<	Downstep
a̯	$$	Non-syllabic				#>	Upstep
a̰	$$$	Creaky			Diacritic tone marks
n̥	%	Voiceless			e̋	@4	Extra high tone
s̬	%%	Voiced			é	@3	High tone
s̤	%%%	Breathy			ē	@2	Mid tone
Diacritics					è	@1	Low tone
t̪	{		Dental		ȅ	@0	Extra low tone
t̺	{{		Apical		ê	@31	Falling tone
t̻	{{{		Laminal		ě	@13	Rising tone
t̼	{{{{		Linguo-labial		Tone Letters and Numbers
ë	"		Centralised		˦	#3 (0-4)	Tone letter
e̽	" "		Mid centralised		˥˩	#40	Tone glide
k͡p	#& or @&		Double articulation / affricate1		³	3^ (0-9)	superscript number
u̟	+		Advanced		⁻	-^	superscript hyphen
i̠	_		Retracted
e̝	++		Raised
e̞	__		Lowered
e̘	+++		+ATR
e̙	___		-ATR
e̹	++++		More rounded
e̜	____		Less rounded

 

[1] Typed between the characters. Thus k#&p.

 

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