ThompsonU Keyboard Help
How To Type nɬeʔkèpmxcín (Thompson River Salish)
This package installs the ThompsonU keyboard on your computer. It also installs the Charis SIL font, a font that has all the characters needed for nɬeʔkèpmxcín. A Windows font that has almost all the needed characters is Lucida Sans Unicode. Select one of these fonts when entering data in your word processor.
This page explains how to:
Type a reassigned key
Restore a reassigned key
Type stressed vowels
Type glottalized or laryngealized consonants
Type • (bullet)
Type rounded consonants
Type rounded and glottalized consonants
| 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | f | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ƛ | ʕ | Ɂ | ɣ | ə | ɫ |
The following keys are also reassigned to punctuation or other non-letter symbols as follows:
| Q | W | : | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| √ | ʷ | ˑ | |
To restore any of the reassigned keys without exiting the ThompsonU keyboard, type a zero (0) followed by the wanted key:
| 04 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 0f | 0| | 0W | 0: | 0= | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | f | | | W | : | = |
To obtain an accented vowel, type the vowel as shown in the gray row followed by / or \ to get the acute or grave vowel shown in the white row:
| a | e | f | i | o | u | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| á | é | ə́ | í | ó | ú | / |
| à | è | ə̀ | ì | ò | ù | \ |
Glottalized or laryngealized consonant are obtained typing the consonant key followed by the apostrophe:
| p | t | c | 4 | k | q | m | n | l | r | y | 8 | w | 4 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p̓ | t̕ | c̕ | ƛ | k̕ | q̓ | m̓ | n̓ | l̕ | r̕ | y̓ | ɣ̓ | w̓ | ƛ̓ | ʕ̓ | ' |
Sub-dotted consonants and vowels are obtained by typing a period followed by the consonant or vowel symbol as shown:
| c | s | x | h | l | i | a | u | f | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | c̣ | ṣ | x̣ | ḥ | ḷ | ị | ạ | ụ | ə̣ |
Sub-dotted vowels with acute stress are obtained by typing a period followed by the vowel symbol and /:
| i | a | u | f | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | ị́ | ạ́ | ụ́ | ə̣́ | / |
Sub-dotted vowels with grave stress are obtained by typing a period followed by the vowel symbol and \:
| i | a | u | f | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | ị̀ | ạ̀ | ụ̀ | ə̣̀ | \ |
A bullet (•) is obtained by typing H (capital H) followed by : (colon):
| H: |
|---|
| • |
Rounded consonants are obtained typing the consonant key followed by W (capital W):
| k | q | x | .x | 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kʷ | qʷ | xʷ | x̌ʷ | ʕʷ | W |
Glottalized and rounded consonants are obtained typing the consonant followed by the apostrophe and the capital W:
| k'W | q'W | 6'W |
|---|---|---|
| k̕ʷ | q̓ʷ | ʕ̓ʷ |
Note: When the cursor is over any of the symbols (or symbol sequences) in the white rows, their Unicode values are displayed.
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