Egyptological Unicode Transliteration Keyboards

Keyboard AAEW

Keyboard layout for the (free) keyboard software Keyman for the editing of Egyptological transliteration.

How to make it work

  1. Keyman software (if not already installed), from: https://keyman.com/
     
  2. Keyboard layout

    - AAEW-German-QWERTZ, v2.0, file aaew_german.kmx from GitHub.com (by S.D. Schweitzer)
    - AAEW-US_Int-QWERTY, v2.01, file aaew_american.kmx from GitHub.com (by S.D. Schweitzer)

  3. Start Keyman Desktop programm.

  4. Install the .kmx file in Keyman.

Feedback on AAEW keyboard

For feedback, contact the layout designer Simon Schweitzer directly, or post an issue on Github.com.

Usage

  • Normal Latin characters that are often used in transliterations (including the vowels a, i, and u) are preferably placed on their usual keys, e.g, [H] => "H".
  • Egyptological transliteration characters are usually created by a combination of a Latin character and a diacritic. See the following table, e.g., [´]-[h] => 'ḫ'.

Keys on keyboard AAEW

Character Keyboard key sequence
AAEW-German-QWERTZ		 Keyboard key sequence
AAEW-US_Int-QWERTY		 Unicode Comment
ꜣ [v] [v] U+A723  
ı͗ [o] [o] U+0131&U+0357 BTS workaround
ꞽ (nicht belegt) (n.a.) U+A7BD new: Unicode v12 (2019)
i̯ [Shift][Ö]-[i] [Shift][C]-[i] 'i'&U+032F  
ï [Shift][Ü]-[i] [$] U+00EF  
ꜥ [x] [x] U+A725  
u̯ [Shift][Ö]-[u] [Shift][C]-[u] 'u'&U+032F  
ʾ ['] [`] U+02BE  
ḥ [ü]-[h] [\]-[h] U+1E25  
ḫ [´]-[h] [´]-[h] U+1E2B  
ẖ [ö]-[h] [c]-[h] U+1E96  
h̭ [ä]-[h] [@]-[h] 'h'&U+032D  
ś [`]-[s] [Ctrl][Alt][t] U+015B  
š [Shift][Ä]-[s] ["]-[s] U+0161  
ḳ [ü]-[k] [\]-[k] U+1E33  
ṱ [ä]-[t] [@]-[t] U+1E71  
ṯ [ö]-[t] [c]-[t] U+1E6F  
č [Shift][Ä]-[c] [Ctrl][Alt][e] U+010D  
ṭ [ü]-[t] [\]-[t] U+1E6D  
ḏ [ö]-[d] [c]-[d] U+1E0F  
č̣ [Shift][Ä]-[ü]-[c] [Ctrl][Alt][q] U+010D&U+0323 This sequence!
Ꜣ [Shift][V] [Shift][V] U+A722  
I͗ [Shift][O] [Shift][O] 'I'&U+0357 BTS workaround
Ꞽ (nicht belegt) (n.a.) U+A7BC new: Unicode v12 (2019)
Ꜥ [Shift][X] [Shift][X] U+A724  
Ḥ [ü]-[Shift][H] [\]-[Shift][H] U+1E24  
Ḫ [´]-[Shift][H] [´]-[Shift][H] U+1E2A  
H̱ [ö]-[Shift][H] [c]-[Shift][H] 'H'&U+0331  
H̭ [ä]-[Shift][H] [@]-[Shift][H] 'H'&U+032D  
Ś [`]-[Shift][S] [Ctrl][Alt][y] U+015A  
Š [Shift][Ä]-[Shift][S] ["]-[Shift][S] U+0160  
Ḳ [ü]-[Shift][K] [\]-[Shift][K] U+1E32  
Ṱ [ä]-[Shift][T] [@]-[Shift][T] U+1E70  
Ṯ [ö]-[Shift][T] [c]-[Shift][T] U+1E6E  
Č [Shift][Ä]-[Shift][C] [Ctrl][Alt][r] U+010C  
Ṭ [ü]-[Shift][T] [\]-[Shift][T] U+1E6C  
Ḏ [ö]-[Shift][D] [c]-[Shift][D] U+1E0E  
Č̣ [Shift][Ä]-[ü]-[Shift][C] [Ctrl][Alt][w] U+010C&U+0323 This sequence!
⸗ (nicht belegt) (n.a.) U+2E17  
⸢ [+] [&] U+2E22  
⸣ [*] [*] U+2E23  
〈 [<] [<] U+2329 BTS; (Unicode deprecated)
〉 [>] [>] U+232A BTS; (Unicode deprecated)
⟨ (nicht belegt) (n.a.) U+27E8 Latest Unicode recommendation
⟩ (nicht belegt) (n.a.) U+27E9 Latest Unicode recommendation

Berlin Text System Font

Keyboard layout AAEW-German-QWERTZ (BTS compliant)

Keyboard layout AAEW-US_Int-QWERTY (BTS compliant)

Alternative

MdC2Unicode keyboard

Keyboard layout for the (free) keyboard software Keyman for the editing of Egyptological transliteration in Unicode based on Egyptological Manuel de Codage.

How to make it work

  1. Download Keyman software (if not already installed), from: https://keyman.com/
     
  2. Download keyboard layout MdC2Unicode-DE, v0.9 (beta), file mdc2unicode.kmx from GitHub.com (by D.A. Werning)

  3. Start Keyman Desktop programm.

  4. Install the .kmx file in Keyman.

Feedback on MdC2Unicode

For feedback, contact the layout designer Daniel Werning directly, or post an issue on Github.com.

Usage

  • Egyptological transliteration characters are placed on key according to Egyptological Manuel de Codage (with additional keys as used in legacy font Umschrift_TTn), e.g., [A] => 'ꜣ'.
  • Majucules can be entered by an additional [´] before the minuscule (dead key 'majuscule'), e.g., [´]-[A] => capital 'Ꜣ'.
  • Standard keys of the German keyboard can be entered by an additional [`] before the key (dead key 'original'), e.g., [`]-[A] => "A".

Keys on keybord MdC2Unicode

Character Keyboard key sequence
MdC2Unicode-DE		 Unicode Comment
ꜣ [A] oder [#] U+A723  
ꞽ [i] U+A7BD new: Unicode v12 (2019);
for fonts that already support this character, see this overview
ı͗ [Ctrl][Alt]-[i] U+0131&U+0357 BTS workaround
i̯ [Shift][I] 'i'&U+032F  
ï [Shift][Y] U+00EF  
ꜥ [a] oder [o] U+A725  
u̯ [Shift][U] 'u'&U+032F  
ʾ ['] U+02BE  
ḥ [Shift][H] U+1E25  
ḫ [x] U+1E2B  
ẖ [Shift][X] U+1E96  
h̭ [Shift][V] 'h'&U+032D  
ś [ß] U+015B  
š [Shift][S] U+0161  
ḳ [Shift][K] U+1E33  
ṱ [v] U+1E71  
ṯ [Shift][T] U+1E6F  
č [c] U+010D  
ṭ [Shift][E] U+1E6D  
ḏ [Shift][D] U+1E0F  
č̣ [Shift][C] U+010D&U+0323  
Ꜣ [´]-[Shift][A] oder [´]-[#] U+A722  
Ꞽ [´]-[i] U+A7BC new: Unicode v12 (2019);
for fonts that already support this character, see this overview
I͗ [´]-[Shift][Ctrl][Alt][I] 'I'&U+0357 BTS workaround
Ꜥ [´]-[a] oder [´]-[o] U+A724  
Ḥ [´]-[Shift][H] U+1E24  
Ḫ [´]-[x] U+1E2A  
H̱ [´]-[Shift][X] 'H'&U+0331  
H̭ [´]-[Shift][V] 'H'&U+032D  
Ś [´]-[ß] U+015A  
Š [´]-[Shift][S] U+0160  
Ḳ [´]-[Shift][Q] U+1E32  
Ṱ [´]-[v] U+1E70  
Ṯ [´]-[Shift][T] U+1E6E  
Č [´]-[c] U+010C  
Ṭ [´]-[Shift][E] U+1E6C  
Ḏ [´]-[Shift][D] U+1E0E  
Č̣ [´]-[Shift][C] U+010C&U+0323  
⸗ [Shift][Ctrl][Alt][=] U+2E17  
⸢ [Shift][Ctrl][Alt][[] U+2E22  
⸣ [Shift][Ctrl][Alt][]] U+2E23  
⟨ [<] U+27E8 Unicode recommendation
⟩ [Shift][>] U+27E9 Unicode recommendation
〈 [Ctrl][Alt][5] U+2329 BTS; (Unicode deprecated)
〉 [Ctrl][Alt][6] U+232A BTS; (Unicode deprecated)

Keyboard layout MdC2Unicode-DE

Beta version v0.9, currently German keyboard only.

[Text: D.A. Werning]