Hebrew and Greek Transliteration (SIL) keyboard Help
Hebrew and Greek Transliteration Unicode keyboard for use with any Unicode Windows fonts.
Scope and limitations:
Greek:
The only lower case letters needed for SIL Greek transliteration are eta and omega, represented by e and o with macron above, respectively.
This keyboard should not be used for upper case Greek letters, since some of the upper case characters are need for the Hebrew.
Hebrew:
This keyboard generates all the combinations of base character plus diacritic(s) need for the SIL Hebrew transliteration.
Desktop Keyboard Layout
Mobile/Tablet Keyboard Layout
Due to the size and number of keys, some characters are hidden in the long press. Press and hold on the key with a little dot on the top right to reveal and use them.
Keyboard chart for special characters
| Consonants | Type | Vowels | Type |
| ʾ | > | ā | a= or A |
| ʿ | < | ē | e= or E |
| ō | o= or O | ||
| ḇ | B | ||
| ḡ | G | â | a^ |
| ḏ | D | ê | e^ |
| ḵ | K | î | i^ |
| p̄ | P | ô | o^ |
| ṯ | T | û | u^ |
| ệ | .e^ | ||
| ḥ | .h or x | ||
| ṭ | .t or v | ă | a; |
| ṣ | .s or c | ĕ | e; |
| ŏ | o; | ||
| ś | s+ or f | ||
| š | s^ or j | ə | ; |
| s̄ | S | ᵃ | alt+a |
All Documentation Versions
- Hebrew and Greek Transliteration (SIL) keyboard Help 1.2
- Hebrew and Greek Transliteration (SIL) keyboard Help 1.1


