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Philippines (SIL) Keyboard Help

This document describes the use of the Keyman keyboard designed for typing Philippine languages with a Unicode font.

Key to Reading the Chart

The characters are presented in several tables, starting with the alphabetic characters and followed by various other categories. At the top of each table there is a header row to help keep track of which information is in which column:

  1. Character is the character you want displayed on your screen.
  2. Keying Sequence is the keying sequence that will produce this character.
  3. Access Code is the Unicode access code for the character.
  4. Character Name is the official Unicode name of the character.

Here are some examples of how the keying sequences are to be understood:

'a means press the Apostrophe key followed by the A key.

'A means press the Apostrophe key followed by the A key while holding down the Shift key.

&[ ] means press the Ampersand/7 key while holding down the Shift key, followed by the space key.

Additional Info

All of these characters may be displayed correctly with the Doulos SIL, Charis SIL, and Gentium Plus fonts, as well as with more common Windows fonts like Times New Roman, Arial, Calibri, and Cambria.

Alphabetic Characters – A

Character Keying Sequence Access Code Character Name
á 'a U+00E1 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
Á 'A U+00C1 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
à `a U+00E0 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
À `A U+00C0 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
â ^a U+00E2 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX
 ^A U+00C2 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX
ä %a U+00E4 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
Ä %A U+00C4 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
ā ~a U+0101 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH MACRON
Ā ~A U+0100 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH MACRON
ā̀ ~`a U+0101
U+0300
LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH MACRON
COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT
Ā̀ ~`A U+0100
U+0300
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH MACRON
COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT
à &A U+00C3 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH TILDE
å _a U+00E5 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
Å _A U+00C5 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
ɑ &a U+0251 LATIN SMALL LETTER ALPHA
ɑ́ '& U+0251
U+0301
LATIN SMALL LETTER ALPHA
COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT
ɑ̀ `& U+0251
U+0300
LATIN SMALL LETTER ALPHA
COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT
ɑ̂ ^& U+0251
U+0302
LATIN SMALL LETTER ALPHA
COMBINING CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT

Alphabetic Characters – C

Character Keying Sequence Access Code Character Name
ç _c U+00E7 LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
Ç _C U+00C7 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA

Alphabetic Characters – E

Character Keying Sequence Access Code Character Name
é 'e U+00E9 LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
É 'E U+00C9 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
è `e U+00E8 LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
È `E U+00C8 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
ê ^e U+00EA LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX
Ê ^E U+00CA LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX
ë %e U+00EB LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
Ë %E U+00CB LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
ē ~e U+0113 LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH MACRON
Ē ~E U+0112 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH MACRON
~'e U+1E17 LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH MACRON AND ACUTE
~`e U+1E15 LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH MACRON AND GRAVE
~`E U+1E14 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH MACRON AND GRAVE
ə &e U+0259 LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA

Alphabetic Characters – G

Character Keying Sequence Access Code Character Name
_g U+0067
U+0331
LATIN SMALL LETTER G
COMBINING MACRON BELOW
_G U+0047
U+0331
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G
COMBINING MACRON BELOW
ǥ ~g U+01E5 LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH STROKE
Ǥ ~G U+01E4 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G WITH STROKE
ɡ &g U+0261 LATIN SMALL LETTER SCRIPT G

Alphabetic Characters – I

Character Keying Sequence Access Code Character Name
í 'i U+00ED LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE
Í 'I U+00CD LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH ACUTE
ì `i U+00EC LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH GRAVE
Ì `I U+00CC LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH GRAVE
î ^i U+00EE LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX
Î ^I U+00CE LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX
ï %i U+00EF LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS
Ï %I U+00CF LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS
ī ~i U+012B LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH MACRON
Ī ~I U+012A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH MACRON
ī̀ ~`i U+012B
U+0300
LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH MACRON
COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT
Ī̀ ~`I U+012A
U+0300
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH MACRON
COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT
ɨ &i U+0268 LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH STROKE

Alphabetic Characters – L

Character Keying Sequence Access Code Character Name
_l U+1E3B LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH LINE BELOW
_L U+1E3A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH LINE BELOW

Alphabetic Characters – N

Character Keying Sequence Access Code Character Name
ñ ~n U+00F1 LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE
Ñ ~N U+00D1 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH TILDE
ŋ &n U+014B LATIN SMALL LETTER ENG

Alphabetic Characters – O

Character Keying Sequence Access Code Character Name
ó 'o U+00F3 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
Ó 'O U+00D3 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
ò `o U+00F2 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH GRAVE
Ò `O U+00D2 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH GRAVE
ô ^o U+00F4 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
Ô ^O U+00D4 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
ö %o U+00F6 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
Ö %O U+00D6 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
ō ~o U+014D LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH MACRON
Ō ~O U+014C LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH MACRON
~`o U+1E51 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH MACRON AND GRAVE
~`O U+1E50 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH MACRON AND GRAVE
õ _o U+00F5 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH TILDE
Õ _O U+00D5 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH TILDE
ø &0 U+00F8 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE
Ø _0 U+00D8 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE
œ o&e U+0153 LATIN SMALL LIGATURE OE
Œ O&E U+0152 LATIN CAPITAL LIGATURE OE

Alphabetic Characters – R

Character Keying Sequence Access Code Character Name
ŕ 'r U+0155 LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH ACUTE
Ŕ 'R U+0154 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R WITH ACUTE
_r U+1E5F LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH LINE BELOW
_R U+1E5E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R WITH LINE BELOW

Alphabetic Characters – S

Character Keying Sequence Access Code Character Name
š ^s U+0161 LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CARON
Š ^S U+0160 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH CARON
ß &s U+00DF LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S

Alphabetic Characters – U

Character Keying Sequence Access Code Character Name
ú 'u U+00FA LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE
Ú 'U U+00DA LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH ACUTE
ù `u U+00F9 LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH GRAVE
Ù `U U+00D9 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH GRAVE
û ^u U+00FB LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX
Û ^U U+00DB LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX
ü %u U+00FC LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
Ü %U U+00DC LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
ū ~u U+016B LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH MACRON
Ū ~U U+016A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH MACRON
ū̀ ~`u U+016B
U+0300
LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH MACRON
COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT
Ū̀ ~`U U+016A
U+0300
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH MACRON
COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT
ʉ _u U+0289 LATIN SMALL LETTER U BAR
µ &u U+00B5 MICRO SIGN

Alphabetic Characters – W

Character Keying Sequence Access Code Character Name
'w U+1E83 LATIN SMALL LETTER W WITH ACUTE
'W U+1E82 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W WITH ACUTE
_w U+0077
U+0331
LATIN SMALL LETTER W
COMBINING MACRON BELOW
_W U+0057
U+0331
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W
COMBINING MACRON BELOW

Alphabetic Characters – Y

Character Keying Sequence Access Code Character Name
ÿ %y U+00FF LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS
Ÿ %Y U+0178 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS
ɏ ~y U+024F LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH STROKE
Ɏ ~Y U+024E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH STROKE

Quotation Marks

Character Keying Sequence Access Code Character Name
" '" U+0022 QUOTATION MARK
`` U+2018 LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
'' U+2019 RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
'< U+201C LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
'> U+201D RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
&< U+2039 SINGLE LEFT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
&> U+203A SINGLE RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
« &( U+00AB LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
» &) U+00BB RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK

Diacritics

Character Keying Sequence Access Code Character Name
´ ^' U+00B4 ACUTE ACCENT
` &` U+0060 GRAVE ACCENT
^ ^^ U+005E CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
¨ _% U+00A8 DIAERESIS
¯ _i U+00AF MACRON
~ ~~ U+007E TILDE
˜ &~ U+02DC SMALL TILDE
ʹ `' U+02B9 MODIFIER LETTER PRIME
(Used for syllable primary stress)
ˌ `, U+02CC MODIFIER LETTER LOW VERTICAL LINE
(Used for syllable secondary stress)

Other Punctuation Symbols and Spacing

Character Keying Sequence Access Code Character Name
' &' U+0027 APOSTROPHE
- ~- U+00AD SOFT HYPHEN
_- U+2011 NON-BREAKING HYPHEN
&- U+2013 EN DASH
&_ U+2014 EM DASH
_. U+2026 HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS
[ ] _[ ] (underscore+space) U+00A0 NO-BREAK SPACE
[ ] &[ ] (ampersand+space) U+2009 THIN SPACE
· '= U+00B7 MIDDLE DOT

Mathematical Symbols

Character Keying Sequence Access Code Character Name
% %% U+0025 PERCENT SIGN
&% U+2030 PER MILLE SIGN
¼ _1 U+00BC VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER
½ _2 U+00BD VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF
¾ _3 U+00BE VULGAR FRACTION THREE QUARTERS
² ^2 U+00B2 SUPERSCRIPT TWO
³ ^3 U+00B3 SUPERSCRIPT THREE
± _n U+00B1 PLUS-MINUS SIGN
× &X U+00D7 MULTIPLICATION SIGN
÷ &: U+00F7 DIVISION SIGN
° &o U+00B0 DEGREE SIGN

Currency Symbols

Character Keying Sequence Access Code Character Name
¢ &$ U+00A2 CENT SIGN
&c U+20AC EURO SIGN
&P U+20B1 PESO SIGN
¥ %s U+00A5 YEN SIGN
¤ x&o U+00A4 CURRENCY SIGN

Other Symbols

Character Keying Sequence Access Code Character Name
" U+A78C LATIN SMALL LETTER SALTILLO
(Used for lower case glottal)
^" U+A78B LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SALTILLO
(Used for upper case glottal)
ʔ &? U+0294 LATIN LETTER GLOTTAL STOP
& && U+0026 AMPERSAND
§ S&S U+00A7 SECTION SIGN
&p U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN
© &C U+00A9 COPYRIGHT SIGN
® &R U+00AE REGISTERED SIGN
T&M U+2122 TRADE MARK SIGN
¬ &L U+00AC NOT SIGN
&O U+2022 BULLET
&x U+25CA LOZENGE
¦ &| U+00A6 BROKEN BAR
¡ &! U+00A1 INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK
ª &. U+00AA FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR
%< U+2190 LEFTWARDS ARROW
%> U+2192 RIGHTWARDS ARROW
͡ ^( U+0361 COMBINING DOUBLE INVERTED BREVE
(Used for tie bar)
_ __ U+005F LOW LINE

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