IPA (NLCI) Keyboard Help
Keyboard Layout
This Keyboard mimic IPA WinScript Keyboard Layout designed by NLCI in 1988. Several linguists and members of translation community are still using this keyboard layout for keyboarding the text. This is a phonetic based keyboarding system designed with the objective of keyboarding text with minimal keystrokes. Keys are also layed out according the frequency of occurance, yet tried to follow a phonetic based keyboarding system.
This keyboard primarily follows the layout of the IPA (SIL) Keyman keyboard.
Consonants
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Bilabial |
Labio-dental |
Dental |
Alveolar |
Post-alveolar |
Retroflex |
Palatal |
Velar |
Uvular |
Pharyngeal |
Glottal |
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Plosive |
p |
p |
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t |
t |
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ʈ |
t< |
c |
c |
k |
k |
q |
q |
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ʔ |
?= |
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b |
b |
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d |
d |
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ɖ |
d< |
ɟ |
j= |
ɡ |
g< |
ɢ |
G= |
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Nasal |
m |
m |
ɱ |
m> |
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n |
n |
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ɳ |
n< |
ɲ |
n= |
ŋ |
n> |
ɴ |
N= |
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Trill |
ʙ |
B= |
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r |
r |
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ʀ |
R= |
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Tap or Flap |
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ⱱ |
v< |
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ɾ |
r> |
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ɽ |
r< |
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Fricative |
ɸ |
f= |
f |
f |
θ |
t= |
s |
s |
ʃ |
s= |
ʂ |
s< |
ç |
c= |
x |
x |
χ |
x= |
ħ |
h> |
h |
h |
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β |
b= |
v |
v |
ð |
d= |
z |
z |
ʒ |
z= |
ʐ |
z< |
ʝ |
j< |
ɣ |
g= |
ʁ |
R> |
ʕ |
?< |
ɦ |
h< |
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Lateral Fricative |
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ɬ |
l= |
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ɮ |
l> |
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Approximant |
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ʋ |
v= |
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ɹ |
r= |
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ɻ |
R< |
j |
j |
ɰ |
w> |
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Lateral Approximant |
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l |
l |
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ɭ |
l< |
ʎ |
L< |
ʟ |
L= |
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Where symbols appear in pairs, the bottom one represents a voiced consonant. Shaded areas denote articulations judged impossible.
